6 STEPS TO BOOST HEALTHCARE
THE Health Ministry's goal is to provide the best services to the people, says minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
INCREASING CAPACITY OF PUBLIC HOSPITALS
IMPROVING DAYCARE SERVICES REDUCING PATIENTS'
WAITING TIME
FORGING LINKS BETWEEN SPECIALIST AND NON-SPECIALIST HOSPITALS TO HELP RURAL FOLK HAVING AN APPOINTMENT SYSTEM FOR PATIENTS TO
REDUCE CLINIC CONGESTION INTENSIFYING COOPERATION BETWEEN GOVT HOSPITALS
AND UNIVERSITIES
THE Health Ministry will implement six measures to ensure the provision of quality health services to the people, said Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Dr Dzulkefly said the first measure was to raise the capacity of public hospitals by building new facilities and, at the same time, upgrading existing ones.
In 2010, there were 137 hospitals and medical institutions under the ministry, and their number had increased to 145 hospitals in 2016.
“The second measure is to improve daycare services in hospitals to reduce congestion in inpatient admissions and waiting time for treatment. To realise this goal, the ministry built nine daycare centres that provide similar facilities and medicines,” he said recently.
Dr Dzulkefly said another measure was to have more collaboration between government hospitals and universities.
“Twenty-two public hospitals are collaborating with local universities.
“The result of this collaboration has made public hospitals a training centre for medical specialists and students from the universities.
“Some examples of the collaboration are between Tapah Hospital in Perak and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, and Tanjung Karang Hospital in Selangor with Mahsa University.”
He said the fourth measure was to have an appointment system for patients to see doctors, which would reduce congestion at clinics and waiting time.
“The fifth measure is to forge cluster hospital collaboration between specialist hospitals and non-specialist hospitals to increase access to specialised services to people in rural areas.
“Among the government hospitals involved in this collaboration are Melaka Hospital, Jasin Hospital and Alor Gajah Hospital.”
He said the sixth measure was to boost the efficiency in handling patients’ waiting process. This would reduce the long waiting time for patients.
He said such measures could improve services at government hospitals.