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New RM397mil hospital will benefit Kluang residents
State embarks on ‘1 Mosque, 1 Cooperative’ programme
Boost for women’s hockey in Terengganu

New RM397mil hospital will benefit Kluang residents

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 03:57 PM PST

KLUANG: The new Kluang Hospital has admitted some of its first patients recently.

Some 79 patients from its old premise located 8km away at Jalan Hospital were transferred by ambulance and buses.

The RM397mil hospital – equipped with 268 beds and six operating theatres, is an upgrade of the older facility which was opened in 1931.

Located on 16ha land in Jalan Kota Tinggi, the new hospital features additional modern health services such as an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Coronary Care Unit (CCU), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and daily treatment unit.

State Women, Family, Com-munity and Health Development committee chairman Dr Robiah Kosai said construction of the hospital began in 2006.

"It was supposed to be completed in second-quarter of 2010, but was delayed due to extension works.

"The people of Kluang have been waiting for this moment for many years. It will benefit some 400,000 residents in surrounding areas," said Dr Robia.

The new hospital has 698 medical personnel including 40 doctors and five specialists.

Facilities such as an X-Ray unit, CT-scan unit, emergency room, out patient treatment unit, library, waiting rooms and a pharmacy are the hospital's standard fittings.

Other clinical services available are: psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, general medicine, general surgery, children and hemodialysis.

This also includes public amenities such as 435 parking spaces and 220 unit staff quarters, sports and recreation facilities.

Johor Health director Dr Mohd Khairi Yakub said the old hospital was built more than 80 years ago and it was time to improve health care services by providing better environment with modern facilities and services to ensure better welfare for the people.

The old building, he added, will be used by the district hospital's dentistry department and a health complex for dengue and infectious diseases control, nurses college and a day care centre.

Maziah Ahmad, 55-year-old housewife, who visited the hospital on its first day operation, said she was glad to see the opening of the new hospital that was more comfortable and spacious for patients and visitors.

"It is very easy to get here as there are public bus services available," she said.

Another visitor Hawariah Yan, 48, said she wanted to check out the new facilities at the new hospital before admitting her husband for medical treatment there.

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State embarks on ‘1 Mosque, 1 Cooperative’ programme

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 03:57 PM PST

KUALA TERENGGANU: The state is embarking on a '1 Mosque, 1 Cooperative' programme to further promote the cooperative movement.

State Rural Development, Entreprenuership and Cooperatives Committee chairman Datuk Mohamed Awang Tera said the Terengganu government anticipated all the mosques to be running their own cooperatives by 2015.

"Mosques starting cooperatives will be given an initial grant of RM10,000 for the purpose," he said.

There are 491 mosques in the state at present. – Bernama.

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Boost for women’s hockey in Terengganu

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 02:55 PM PST

Monday January 2, 2012

KUALA TERENGGANU: Women's hockey will be getting a boost in the state with the Terengganu Women's Hockey Association (TWHA) intensifying efforts to revive the sport here.

TWHA secretary Nik Zaharah Nik Abdul Kadir said the association would be introducing new tournaments besides re-activating dormant ones in a bid the promote the sport among Terengganu's womenfolk.

"Beginning 2012, we will also be participating in all national-level hockey tournaments for women," she added.

Terengganu is known for soccer than any other sport in the local arena. — Bernama.

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