Sungai Petani Hospital to see major changes

NST: There will be major changes at Sungai Petani Hospital soon, acting Menteri Besar Datuk Mahdzir Khalid said today.
He said the Health Ministry was looking into the changes following a series of incidents which had brought bad publicity.
"Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad had informed me that the changes will be implemented soon. I am confident we can help bring back the hospital’s credibility once the changes have taken place," he said after chairing the weekly State Executive Council meeting here.
Among the incidents was on June 19, when a newborn boy was abducted by a hospital nurse a few hours after delivery; on Aug 27, a couple claimed nurses at the hospital had switched their newborn baby girl while on Sept 7, another couple lodged a complaint against the hospital after they claimed doctors had failed to ascertain the gender of their newborn immediately after delivery.
On Saturday, it was reported a woman claimed she was forced to deliver in the presence of several visitors.