Radicare To Appraise Contractors Following Aedes Find

KOTA BAHARU, Oct 13 (Bernama) -- Radicare (M) Sdn Bhd which provides non-clinical support services to hospitals, plans to conduct a performance assessment on its 2,000 contractors after aedes mosquitoes were found breeding in the premises of three hospitals in its service.
Its executive director Datuk Abdul Rahman Hamzah said the appraisal would begin this year on all its contractors, 90 per cent of whom were bumiputeras.
Action would be taken against those who did not provide satisfactory service, he said after the breaking of fast and presenting school uniforms to 136 orphans here yesterday evening.
"This is to ensure the contractors enhance their quality of service after actions were taken on hospitals in Tanah Merah, Kuantan and Jerantut for allowing their premises to be aedes breeding grounds recently," he said.
Radicare, which began its operations in 1997, currently provides services to 47 hospitals and health institutions in Kelantan, Pahang, Terengganu, Selangor and the Federal Territories.
"We have plans to expand our coverage to other states", Abdul Rahman said.