Works Ministry Seeks To Appoint Experts To Monitor Hospital Facilities

SUNGAI SIPUT, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- The Works Ministry plans to appoint experts to manage and monitor facilities at hospitals in the country during the defect liability period so that any flaw can be rectified by the contractors immediately, Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said.
He said two to three experts would be appointed for a period of 12 to 15 months for each hospital, including those under construction.
They would be drawn from a group of 40 to 50 experts to be provided by a company specialising in the management of domestic services, he told reporters after officiating the close of a Merdeka motorcycle convoy in the Sungai Siput sub-district here.
Samy Vellu said the ministry would appoint the experts once the Finance Ministry approved its request for such.
The experts would monitor and manage the hospital facilities in accordance with the specifications set by the ministry and report on the facilities built by the contractors, he said.
He said the Temerloh Hospital in Pahang, Sultan Ismail Hospital in Pandan, Johor, Ampang Hospital in Selangor and three hospitals in Sabah and Sarawak would be among the hospitals where two to three of these experts would be stationed.