IPOH: Health clinics located in unsuitable or unsafe locations will be closed down, said Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye.
He said several clinics here are no longer meeting current requirements, especially for those serving population densities of between 10,000 and 50,000 people.
“There are about 528 residents, and the clinic receives around 52 patients daily,” he said after visiting Bijih Timah Health Clinic in Jalan Sultan Yusof here yesterday. Dr Lee explained that most health and village clinics developed in the 1960s and 1970s were focused on remote areas, but these locations have developed and are now served by better public transportation.
On the opening of the Women, Children and Cardiology Complex at Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here, Dr Lee said it will start full operations in March.
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