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MoH expediting repairs on med facilities affected by floods: Dr Noor Azmi

Deputy minister says priority is to ensure health services there resume as soon as possible

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 30 Dec 2021 6:26PM

MoH expediting repairs on med facilities affected by floods: Dr Noor Azmi
Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali says the Health Ministry was ready to deal with waterborne infectious diseases such as leptospirosis and skin diseases that usually occur during the flood season. – Bernama pic, December 30, 2021

HULU LANGAT – Repair works on health clinics (KK) and health facilities affected by the floods are now being expedited, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali.

He said the ministry’s priority was to ensure that health services in the affected areas could resume as soon as possible.

“It is true that many health clinics and health facilities under the Health Ministry (MoH) were affected and closed due to the floods. We have not received an estimate of the loss, but we have moved to repair the damaged facilities, so that clinics can be reopened immediately,” he told reporters when inspecting three health clinics affected by the floods in the Hulu Langat area here today.

They are KK Hulu Langat Batu 14, Klinik Desa Dusun Tua dan Klinik Desa Batu 18.

KK Hulu Langat was previously closed for a week and has now reopened, while the two other clinics are still closed for repair work and expected to reopen by next week.

Meanwhile, Dr Noor Azmi said the MoH was ready to deal with waterborne infectious diseases such as leptospirosis and skin diseases that usually occur during the flood season.

“Although we have not received any reports of such diseases reaching a critical level, we have supplied health facilities in the affected areas with the required medication,” he said. – Bernama, December 30, 2021

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