KUALA LUMPUR – Some private hospitals in the country have started administering Covid-19 vaccine doses to the general public today, following the government’s decision to allow private hospitals to be used as vaccination centres in phases two and three of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
In Penang, three private hospitals started to vaccinate Penangites today, namely Pantai Hospital Penang (PHP), Lam Wah Ee Hospital, and KPJ Penang, with a daily target of 500 recipients a day.
ProtectHealth Corporation Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Dr Anas Alam Faizli said more private hospitals and general practitioners (GPs) registered under the vaccination programme will soon begin operations.
He said 12 private hospitals and more than 100 GPs have registered under ProtectHealth, the implementer of private medical practitioners’ participation in the national immunisation exercise.
“We believe if all of Penang’s GPs and private hospitals participate in this programme, we can increase and achieve the target dosage per day set by the Penang government,” he said during a visit to the PHP vaccination centre today.
In Negri Sembilan, CMH Specialist Hospital has been selected as a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Seremban.
Its president Datuk Lee Tian Hock said in a statement that the hospital will inoculate those on the list of recipients provided by the government on time under the guidance of the Health Ministry and ProtectHealth.
He said the vaccination process will follow the qualification criteria set by the ministry through the MySejahtera app or vaksincovid.gov.my.
Lee reminded vaccine recipients to bring their identity cards, mobile phones, and pens on the day of their appointments.
Meanwhile in Perak, Ar-Ridzuan Medical Centre in Ipoh inoculated 50 people today.
Ar-Ridzuan Medical Group general manager Khairul Salleh Abdul Rani said the elderly and chronic patients who received their appointments via MySejahtera were given Sinovac Covid-19 jabs from 9am onwards.
“We have also given vaccine injections to 67 patients receiving haemodialysis treatment through the outreach programme with the Health Ministry that started in May,” he told a press conference here today.
Khairul said the medical group was also ready to help the state government expedite Covid-19 vaccination in rural areas, including in Orang Asli villages.
He said the hospital could vaccinate 200 recipients a day, adding that all quarters should check their appointment notifications via MySejahtera from time to time. – Bernama, June 7, 2021
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