KOTA BARU – The Kota Baru Medical Centre (KBMC) has been selected as the first private hospital vaccination centre in Kelantan under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
Its general manager, Mohd Nazri Yaacob, said KBMC officially started dispensing the vaccine for recipients under Phase 2 of the immunisation programme on May 31 at the Balai Islam Complex, Lundang, here.
“The vaccination centre operates from 8.30am until 4.30pm and can inoculate an average of 400 individuals per day.
“So far, we have inoculated almost 3,000 individuals comprising senior citizens, persons with disabilities and members of high-risk groups,” he said at the vaccination centre here today.
He said the state Islamic Religious Affairs Department has offered KBMC to conduct the vaccination process at the complex free of charge to reduce congestion at the government hospital.
On May 27, the Kelantan Health Department said a total of eight private clinics and one private hospital have been allowed by the Health Ministry (MoH) to carry out Covid-19 vaccinations in the state.
Nazri said KBMC has also hired five locum doctors to facilitate operations, while 35 staff are placed at the vaccination centre comprising 20 health personnel and 15 volunteers.
On the vaccination process, he said the centre contacts vaccine recipients a day before their appointments and for those who cannot come, the centre would then replace them with other recipients on the waiting list.
Nazri said KBMC was honoured to be entrusted by the MoH to shoulder the responsibility in the effort to speed up the vaccination process in the state. – Bernama, June 10, 2021
