Three more medical officers mobilised to QE Hospital
KOTA KINABALU: Three medical officers from the Kelantan State Health Department were mobilized to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, yesterday.
In a Facebook post, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the team would be on duty here until 31 December 2020.
“They are the medical officers from Sultan Ismail Petra Hospital, Machang Hospital and Jeli Hospital.
“All of these frontline personnel are ready to carry out their duties on the ground, in the country's efforts to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said.
On behalf of Malaysians, Dr Noor Hisham thanked their contributions to the country.
Meanwhile on 22 October 2020, Dr Noor Hisham also said that the Second Public Health Assistance Team for Covid-19 was mobilized to Sabah.
The team consists of 72 officers of various categories namely medical officers (2), assistant medical officers (2), nurses (2), assistant environmental health officers (41) and public health assistants (25).
They are from the Health Ministry Headquarters Office (1) and from
State Health Departments of Kelantan (19), Pahang (16), Terengganu (15), Melaka (10), Perak (6) and Negeri Sembilan (5).
These officers were stationed at several locations of medical facilities in Sabah, namely Tawau (14), Papar (8), Semporna (8), Lahad Datu (7), Tuaran (6), Kota Kinabalu (5), Putatan (5), Ranau (5), Tenom (5), Beaufort (3), Keningau (3) and Penampang (3).
The team will assist in case investigations, contact detection, sampling, active case detection, enforcement of Act 342 and disinfection activities.