SIBU: Malaysia has top notch
medical services because the government cares about the wellbeing of its
people, said Minister of Local Government and Community Development Dato Sri
Wong Soon Koh yesterday.
Launching ‘CT Scanner 64 Slice’
at KPJ Sibu Specialist Medical Centre here, Wong said this year alone the
government had spent about RM1.6 billion in recurrent expenditure in the
provision of medical services.
However, he lamented that these
top class medical services could not reach certain isolated areas of the
country due to the difficult terrain.
“In less accessible areas we
have to use the service of flying doctors.”
Wong stressed that the
contributions of the private sectors were also very much needed to complement
and supplement the government’s efforts in the provision of medical services.
On KPJ Sibu Specialist Medical
Centre’s latest initiative, Wong said the RM2 million equipment was a powerful
tool that could be used to scan for brain tumors, joints, and whole body. It
could be used to help trace the causes of a myriad of illnesses.
He hoped that the availability
of these modern equipments could spur health tourism in Sibu, especially
patients from Kalimantan Indonesia.
On medical expenses, Wong said
a wise thing which members of the public could do was to take up medical
insurance when young to protect themselves against possible health issues in
the future.
The new 64-Slice CT scanner,
which was installed last month, has a relatively fast scan time; it allows
scanning of moving objects, especially the heart; its fast scanning time also
makes it easier to examine difficult patients; better detection capabilities; better
image quality; greater automation options; and low-radiation dosage.
It can also perform complex
studies, including scanning of the beating heart, multiphase scan of the liver,
kidneys, pancreas, and scanning of the arteries and veins (CT angiography and
CT venography).
Among those present were KPJ
Healthcare Berhad senior group general manager Abdol Wahab Baba, medical
director of KPJ Sibu Specialist Medical centre Dr Wong Chya Wei, senior manager
Mohamad Hafiz Zaini, director DrSengkathirSubramaniam, and director of KPJ Love
Care centre Dr Henry Toh Yew King.
Borneo Post
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