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The Ministry of Health is looking into delegating some of the minor surgical procedures to government clinics so as to ease the congestion at hospitals, according to Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

Kota Kinabalu: He recalled when officiating the 24th Family Medicine Scientific Conference, Thursday, that in the early days, primary care also involved in surgery. “I still remember having ingrown toenail surgery and it was done by the Family Medicine Specialist. “Not by the hospital but in the clinic,” he said, adding that back then clinics performed some procedures for lumps and bumps. “We want to empower them back so that primary health care can manage some of the cases.

He said primary health care’s role as the backbone in battling the Covid-19 pandemic was immeasurable. “From screening the population by carrying out sampling at government clinics nationwide to giving immunisation under the National Covid19 Immunisation Programme up to reviewing patients who have recovered from the Covid-19 infection, our healthcare force, especially those in primary care, worked tirelessly in helping to curb and control the spread of this sinister pandemic,” he said.

 

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