New hospital project still on, says Dr Osman

MUKAH: The new hospital project here is still on.

According to Mukah Divisional Health Officer, Dr Haji Osman Haji Rafaie as far as he is concerned the project is very much alive.

“I did not hear anything about the cancellation of the project.As far as I am concerned the project is still on.From where did you get the news.From the paper or someone,” he said when asked to comment on the project yesterday.

Words have been circulating around of late that the project had been aborted.

Dr Osman added that the project might be deferred and not categorised under priority projects to be implemented.

“The project might not be in the first rolling because I heard that Lawas Hospital which has been long overdue and Sri Aman Hospital would be built first.

Anyway, for Mukah Hospital although it is not included in the first rolling, it can also include Tanjung Manis Hospital.The government would normally implement projects based on priority based on the needs of the people,” he added.

When asked on the planned site near Sungai Penipah or at KM 17, Mukah-Balingian Coastal Highway, he said it might be retained or change and every thing is based on the master plan to be drawn during the implementation of the project in the future.

Talking about the needs of having a new hospital to complement the existing 80-bed Mukah District Hospital, he said it could not be denied that the health facilities here should grow in tandem with the rapid development taking place in Mukah District.

“Of course, I personally feel that Mukah needs to have modern facilities like the planned new Mukah Hospital because the existing one was planned and designed for Mukah as a district and not like today, where this fast growing town is the administrative centre of the division.I also learnt that the new hospital will have 100 beds and equipped with modern facilities,” he said.

Dr Osman also disclosed that the move to have modern facilities was very important especially with the implementation of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) with Mukah Town as its administrative centre.

“When SCORE is fully in operation, the population of Mukah would certainly increase with the presence of industries in the area and by that time we would not only cater to the locals but also foreign workers,” he pointed out.

postdate on Wednesday, 09 February 2011 10:54 |Written by Henry Siyu |

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