Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) director Dr Jalal Halil Khalil will be transferred to the Health Ministry's office in Putrajaya from Friday.
He has been appointed as the new deputy director for disease control for HIV/AIDS. Replacing him as HKL director is Penang state health director Dr Azmi Shafie.
Dr Jalal, who has experience in disease control, said the transfer was in line with the Government’s fight against HIV/AIDS.
“We are taking a serious approach in combating the disease as even the World Health Organisation has said that Malaysia is on the verge of an HIV/AIDS epidemic,” he said.
Dr Jalal, HKL director for 21 months, had served as disease control director in Malacca and also as deputy director in Pahang, Selangor and Negri Sembilan.
To help curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, the Government recently announced that it would provide free condoms and syringes to drug addicts.
On HKL's recently launched life support course, Dr Jalal said it was to train staff on disaster and emergency procedures, as well as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
“We hope it can be conducted nationwide as all hospital staff, including security guards and telephone operators, need to know how to handle emergency situations.”
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