6 May 2022
A man in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, died from cardiac arrest after a Queen Elizabeth Hospital ambulance arrived only one hour after a MERS999 call.
Tag: Sabah
6 May 2022
The 4-year-old needed a liver transplant; Indonesia reported three deaths of children with the unidentified form of hepatitis, while Singapore reported one hospitalised case of an infant.
29 March 2022
The situation in the east coast of Sabah is urgent; should any more autoclave machines break down, it will severely cripple the three major hospitals here.
15 February 2022
Elective cases have been deferred in specialist hospitals in Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan, Tawau, Keningau, and Lahad Datu, while normal wards in most Sabah hospitals are converted to Covid wards.
8 February 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin attributes the high number of Covid-19 cases in Sabah to asymptomatic testing; Masidi Manjun says Sabah’s Covid vax rate is higher than officially reported.
27 October 2021
MPs ask for a digitised health care system, development of health infrastructure in Sabah, upgrades for public health clinics, and Covid-19 precautionary measures in schools.
26 October 2021
Chua Hong Teck says allocating 5% of GDP for health alone won’t work because other ministries are responsible for ensuring a healthy population.
6 October 2021
Over 20% of 4.8 million total Covid-19 vaccine doses channelled to Sabah remain unutilised.
27 September 2021
Under the 12th Malaysia Plan, the government plans to build teaching hospitals for Universiti Malaysia Sabah and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak.
16 September 2021
Daily Covid-19 fatalities in Sabah dropped 64% from an average 42 deaths on Sept 1 to an average 15 deaths on Sept 15, after MOH sent additional oxygen supply, among other medical resources.