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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah bakal memiliki Hospital Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) sendiri tidak lama lagi susulan pemeteraian Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) antara Kumpulan Yayasan Sabah melalui syarikat pelaburannya Innoprise Corporation Sdn Bhd (ICSB) dan IJN hari ini.
Majlis menandatangani MoU untuk membina hospital itu disaksikan oleh Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor di Pusat Konvensyen Antarabangsa Sabah (SICC) di sini pada Isnin.
Hajiji yang juga Pengerusi Lembaga Pemegang Amanah Yayasan Sabah berkata penubuhan hospital jantung pertama di Sabah itu merupakan manifestasi komitmen kerajaan dalam menyediakan perkhidmatan kesihatan terbaik kepada rakyat.
Di bawah kerjasama strategik antara Yayasan Sabah, dan IJN, sebuah hospital yang khusus untuk rawatan penyakit kardiovaskular akan dibina di atas tapak seluas 10 ekar di Likas.
Sementara itu, Pengerusi Eksekutif ICSB, Datuk Jasnih Daya berkata dengan adanya hospital jantung bertaraf tinggi di sini, pesakit tidak lagi perlu bergantung sepenuhnya kepada kemudahan di luar negeri, sekali gus dapat mengurangkan beban kos perjalanan serta mempercepatkan akses kepada rawatan pakar.
“Usaha ini juga akan membantu menyokong sistem kesihatan sedia ada di Sabah, termasuk perkhidmatan di Pusat Jantung Sabah di Hospital Queen Elizabeth II yang pada masa ini mempunyai kapasiti yang terhad berbanding keperluan sebenar rakyat,” katanya.
Menurut Jasnih, kerjasama strategik ini membawa manfaat kepada rakyat Sabah bukan sahaja dari segi peningkatan akses kepada rawatan kesihatan, tetapi juga dari segi pembangunan ekonomi dan peluang pekerjaan.
Pengerusi IJN Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah berkata penyakit jantung masih menjadi penyebab utama kematian di Malaysia dan trend ini memperlihatkan peningkatan keperluan terhadap sistem kesihatan yang lebih responsif dan bersepadu.
Oleh itu akses kepada rawatan berkualiti tinggi perlu diperluaskan agar dapat dinikmati secara lebih menyeluruh tanpa mengira lokasi geografi, katanya.
Dalam pada masa sama, Dr Noor Hisham berkata langkah pembukaan Hospital IJN di Sabah juga membuka pasaran baru dalam pelancongan kesihatan yang menawarkan perkhidmatan perubatan bertaraf global dengan harga yang berpatutan.
Menandatangani bagi pihak Kumpulan Yayasan Sabah ialah Pengarah Datuk Ghulam Haidar Khan Bahadar dan Pengerusi Eksekutif ICSB Datuk Jasnih Daya, manakala IJN diwakili oleh Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Kumpulan, Prof Dato Sri Dr Mohamed Ezani Md Taib dan Ketua Pegawai Klinikal Datuk Dr Shaiful Azmi Yahaya.
Pada majlis yang sama, satu lagi MoU turut dimeterai antara University College Sabah Foundation (UCSF) dan IJN University College yang dijangka membuka peluang kepada pembangunan tenaga kerja mahir dan profesional dalam bidang kesihatan.
UCSF diwakili oleh Naib Canselor Datuk Dr Rafiq Idris dan Pendaftar Norashikin Ahmad, manakala Naib Canselor Prof Emerita Dr Durrishah dan Timbalan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif IJN Dato Akmal Arief Fauzi menandatangani bagi pihak IJN University College.
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English version
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah will soon have its own National Heart Institute (IJN) Hospital following the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Yayasan Sabah Group through its investment arm, Innoprise Corporation Sdn Bhd (ICSB) and IJN today.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noo witnessed the MoU signing ceremony for the setting up of the hospital at the Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC) here on Monday,
Hajiji who is also Chairman of the Yayasan Sabah Board of Trustees said the setting up of the first heart hospital in Sabah is a manifestation of the government’s commitment to provide the best healthcare for the people.
Under the strategic cooperation, a hospital dedicated to cardiovascular disease treatments would be built on a 10-acre site in Likas.
Meanwhile, Executive Chairman of ICSB, Datuk Jasnih Daya said that with the establishment of a high-standard heart hospital here, patients will no longer need to rely entirely on facilities outside the state, thereby reducing travel costs and expediting access to specialist treatment.
“This initiative will also help support the existing healthcare system in Sabah, including services at the Sabah Heart Centre at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, which currently has limited capacity compared to the actual needs of the people,” he said.
According to Jasnih, the strategic collaboration will benefit the people of Sabah not only in terms of improved access to healthcare, but also in terms of economic development and job opportunities.
IJN Chairman Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that heart disease remains the leading cause of death in Malaysia, and this trend highlights the growing need for a more responsive and integrated healthcare system.
Therefore, access to high-quality treatment must be expanded so it can be enjoyed more widely regardless of geographical location, he said.
At the same time, Dr Noor Hisham said that the opening of the IJN Hospital in Sabah would also open up a new market in health tourism, offering world-class medical services at affordable prices.
Signing on behalf of Yayasan Sabah Group were Director Datuk Ghulam Haidar Khan Bahadar and ICSB Executive Chairman Datuk Jasnih Daya, while IJN was represented by its Group Chief Executive Officer, Prof Dato Sri Dr Mohamed Ezani Md Taib and Clinical Chief Officer Datuk Dr Shaiful Azmi Yahaya.
At the same event, another MoU was also sealed between University College Sabah Foundation (UCSF) and IJN University College, which is expected to open up opportunities for the development of a skilled and professional workforce in the healthcare sector in the future.
UCSF were represented by its Vice Chancellor Datuk Dr Rafiq Idris and Registrar Norashikin Ahmad while Vice Chancellor Prof Emerita Dr Durrishah and IJN Deputy Chief Executive Officer Dato Akmal Arief Fauzi signed on behalf of IJN University College.
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