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TUARAN: Kerajaan negeri mahu kemudahan dan fasiliti kesihatan di Sabah sentiasa dipertingkat bagi memastikan rakyat mendapat akses kepada perkhidmatan kesihatan yang cepat, selamat, berkualiti dan saksama. 

Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor, berkata sektor kesihatan yang cemerlang memerlukan penambahbaikan berterusan demi kesejahteraan rakyat, terutama mengambil kira cabaran Sabah dari segi keluasan geografi, taburan penduduk serta aksesibiliti perkhidmatan.

“Cabaran tersebut tidak seharusnya menjadi penghalang kepada usaha memastikan setiap rakyat, termasuk mereka yang berada di kawasan pedalaman dan sukar dicapai, memperoleh akses kepada perkhidmatan kesihatan yang selamat, berkualiti dan saksama,” katanya.

Beliau berkata demikian ketika berucap merasmikan Kembara TOBaTS (Tolak Ubat Tidak Sah) Zon Borneo 2026 di Dewan Seri Sulaman di sini, hari ini.

Hajiji berkata, Sabah juga mahu melihat lebih banyak fasiliti perubatan dan hospital pakar dibangunkan, termasuk penambahan doktor pakar supaya rakyat di negeri ini menikmati kemudahan perubatan yang lebih selesa dan berkesan. 

Katanya, dalam usaha berkenaan, Sabah turut mengorak langkah apabila kerjasama strategik antara Kumpulan Yayasan Sabah (YS) dan IJN Sdn Bhd dimeterai April lalu bagi pembinaan sebuah hospital jantung bertaraf dunia di Kota Kinabalu, yang diharapkan menjadi kenyataan dan memperkasakan akses perkhidmatan jantung di negeri ini.

Dalam pada itu, Hajiji berkata penganjuran Kembara TOBaTS membuktikan komitmen berterusan Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) bersama kerajaan negeri dalam melindungi kesihatan dan kesejahteraan rakyat daripada ancaman produk kesihatan serta ubat-ubatan tidak sah.

Beliau berkata kewujudan platform digital dan media sosial menyebabkan produk kosmetik, suplemen dan ubat-ubatan tidak berdaftar semakin mudah dipasarkan terus kepada pengguna, selain membuka ruang kepada pihak tidak bertanggungjawab membuat pelbagai dakwaan perubatan yang mengelirukan atau tidak berasas.

“Kesihatan dan keselamatan rakyat tidak boleh dan tidak akan sesekali dikompromi. Penggunaan ubat tidak sah boleh mendatangkan risiko serius kepada kesihatan kerana produk sedemikian tidak memenuhi piawaian keselamatan, kualiti dan keberkesanan, malah boleh menyebabkan kerosakan buah pinggang, kegagalan fungsi hati dan membawa maut,” katanya.

Hajiji berkata penguatkuasaan semata-mata tidak memadai, sebaliknya benteng pertahanan paling ampuh ialah masyarakat yang berpengetahuan, berwaspada dan mampu membuat keputusan tepat.

Sehubungan itu, beliau mengajak seluruh rakyat Sabah mengamalkan budaya semak melalui aplikasi MyUbat yang disediakan KKM sebelum membeli sesuatu ubat, selain memastikan ubat dibeli berdaftar dengan KKM serta bertanya kepada ahli farmasi atau doktor sebelum mencuba sebarang produk kesihatan baharu.

“Saya berharap program Kembara TOBaTS menjadi titik tolak kepada pembentukan satu budaya baharu iaitu budaya celik ubat serta budaya menolak sebarang bentuk penipuan dan penyalahgunaan berkaitan ubat,” katanya.

Hajiji turut memberi jaminan kerajaan negeri akan terus memberikan sokongan dan memperkukuh sinergi dengan KKM serta semua pihak berkepentingan bagi memastikan agenda kesihatan dan kesejahteraan rakyat Sabah terus diperkasa secara mampan dan menyeluruh.

Beliau berkata kerjasama padu KKM, Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Sabah dan agensi kerajaan negeri penting bagi memastikan mesej Kempen TOBaTS dapat disampaikan secara meluas hingga ke peringkat akar umbi di seluruh negeri.

Sementara itu bercakap kepada pemberita, Hajiji berkata, sekiranya Indeks Pencemaran Udara (IPU) mencapai tahap berbahaya dan boleh memudaratkan, kerajaan negeri menerusi jawatankuasa di peringkat negeri akan mengambil langkah-langkah proaktif yang sewajarnya.

Tamat

TUARAN: The State Government wants healthcare facilities in Sabah to be continuously

improved to ensure the people have access to fast, safe, quality and equitable

healthcare services.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor said an excellent healthcare

sector requires continuous improvements for the well-being of the people, particularly in

view of Sabah’s challenges in terms of its vast geographical area, population distribution

and accessibility to services.

“These challenges should not be an obstacle to efforts to ensure that everyone, including

those in rural and hard-to-reach areas, has access to safe, quality and equitable

healthcare services,” he said.

He said this when officiating the 2026 Borneo Zone TOBaTS (Reject Illegal Medicines)

Roadshow at Dewan Seri Sulaman here today.

Hajiji said Sabah also wants to see more medical facilities and specialist hospitals

developed, including an increase in the number of specialist doctors, so that the people

in the State can enjoy more comfortable and effective medical services.

He said that as part of these efforts, Sabah had also taken a step forward with the

strategic collaboration between the Yayasan Sabah Group (YS) and IJN Sdn Bhd,

sealed last April, for the construction of a world-class heart hospital in Kota Kinabalu,

which hopefully would become a reality and further enhance access to cardiac care

services in the State.

Meanwhile, Hajiji said the organisation of the TOBaTS Roadshow demonstrated the

continued commitment of the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH), together with the State

Government, to protect the health and well-being of the people from the threat of illegal

health products and medicines.

He said the emergence of digital platforms and social media had made it increasingly

easy for unregistered cosmetic products, supplements and medicines to be marketed

directly to consumers, while also providing opportunities for irresponsible parties to make

various misleading or unsubstantiated medical claims.

“The health and safety of the people cannot and will never be compromised. The use of

illegal medicines can pose serious health risks because such products do not meet

safety, quality and efficacy standards, and can even cause kidney damage, liver failure

and death,” he said.

Hajiji said enforcement alone was not enough, and that the strongest line of defence

was a knowledgeable and vigilant society capable of making the right decisions.

In this regard, he called on all Sabahans to adopt the practice of checking medicines

through the MyUbat application provided by the MOH before making a purchase, as well

as ensuring that the medicines they buy are registered with the MOH and consulting a

pharmacist or doctor before trying any new health product.

“I hope the TOBaTS Roadshow will serve as a starting point towards developing a new

culture — one of medicine literacy and of rejecting all forms of fraud and abuse involving

medicines,” he said.

Hajiji also gave an assurance that the State Government would continue to provide

support and strengthen synergy with the MOH and all stakeholders to ensure that

Sabah’s health and well-being agenda continues to be empowered in a sustainable and

comprehensive manner.

He said strong cooperation between the MOH, Sabah State Health Department and

State Government agencies was important to ensure that the TOBaTS Campaign

message reaches communities at the grassroots level throughout the State.

Meanwhile, speaking to reporters, Hajiji said that if the Air Pollutant Index (API) reaches

a hazardous level that could pose a risk to health, the State Government, through the

state-level committee, would take the necessary proactive measures.

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