Rural Clinic Visiting Doctors service

suppadmin | July 17, 2018

Minister of Local Government and Housing Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian disclosed that 102 out of 167 rural clinics in Sarawak do not have resident doctors.

He added that todate, the doctors would visit 51 clinics monthly, nine clinics once every two months and three clinics are visited once every three months under Phase 1 of the programme. The remaining 39 clinics will be included into this programme under Phase 2 in 2018.

Dr Sim said the Sarawak government had allocated RM2.1 million in 2018 to finance upgrading of rural clinics through partnership approach, namely the Rural Clinic Visiting Doctors and Cluster Clinic System.

As of June this year, the Health Department had received RM4 million in federal funds to upgrade and repair existing clinics mostly for internal rewiring and utility connection, repair work for damages caused by flood and those in dilapidated condition.