{"id":11644,"date":"2021-09-22T12:07:03","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T04:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11644"},"modified":"2021-09-22T12:07:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T04:07:04","slug":"almost-rm600mil-spent-on-medical-equipment-to-combat-covid-19-kj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=11644","title":{"rendered":"Almost RM600mil spent on medical equipment to combat Covid-19 – KJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept  22  –A total of RM593 million has been spent on emergency procurement of additional hospital equipment for COVID-19 treatment over the past two years, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the procurements made in 2020 and this year (2021) had been distributed to health facilities nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe equipment includes regular patient beds, Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patient beds, ventilators, ultrasounds, body freezers,\u00a0containers and\u00a0oxygen cylinders and they do\u00a0no include contributions in equipment received\u00a0from abroad worth RM148 million,” he said in response to a question from Datuk Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid (PH-Kapar).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abdullah Sani wanted to know the capability of equipment at government hospitals used to treat COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Khairy said apart from providing additional hospital equipment, the Health Ministry\u00a0had also set up the National Rapid Response Task\u00a0Force’ so that health workers could be mobilized to states with high cases such as Penang, Kedah and Sabah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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