Rotten deal by Health Ministry for Kudat folks

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Kota Kinabalu: Kudat district hospital is in dire need to be upgraded as well as to get more specialist doctors.

Tanjong Kapor Assemblyman Ben Chong, said the Minister in charge of health matters in Sabah needs to apply for allocations to upgrade Kudat hospital facilities such as equipment and operating theatres.This is so that there is no need for critical patients to be rushed to Kota Kinabalu hospitals.

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“Many of these patients are forced to ignore their treatments or medical reviews because they could not afford the transportation charges from Kudat to KK.“Some go into debt or have to mortgage gold and property just to pay for the transportation. Every day I notice ambulances have to rush from Kudat hospital to KK without stopping.

 

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