Get Your Medication by Mail

Another milestone for the Ministry of Health for allowing medication to be sent via post instead of queuing up in government hospitals. The service is valid for those who are suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension.

The service will provide convenience to thousand of patients nationwide for relieving them from having to spend hours queuing-up to receive medication.
The service is available at 26 major hospitals nationwide.Patients only need to register once for the service and the medication would then be sent at a cost of RM3.50 within the Putrajaya area, RM5 to all other parts of Peninsular Malaysia and RM8 in Sabah and Sarawak.

The medication will be delivered through the Pos 1Malaysia service. To provide safety and security of the posted items, all medicines will be packed by the pharmacy staffs while serial numbers would enable postal staffs to track the parcels.

Read HERE for further detail.

New SGH Heart Centre

The new Sarawak General Hospital Heart Centre (SGH Heart Centre), previously known as Sarawak International Medical Center (SIMC)  in Kota Samarahan is a heart referral hospital. Starting on the 1st January 2011, all heart referral patients from divisional hospitals will be referred to this hospital for cardiac care.

In the future, the SGH Heart Center will also support cancer and kidney care.

Flying Doctor Service

In Sarawak, the only way for rural communities to receive health care services is through the service of flying doctors. Due to the vast area of Sarawak, the preferred mode of transportation is using helicopters. The helicopters are used to transfer emergency cases to hospital in the city center. The above picture shows the arrival of a patience transported using helicopter.

Sarawak Government Hospital in Kuching has a helicopter landing facilities to provide efficient services to the rural communities.





The helicopter service is operated by Layang-Layang Aerospace.