New Hospitals To Undergo Thorough Checks Before Handover

SUNGAI PETANI, Nov 25 (Bernama) -- Newly completed hospitals will undergo comprehensive checks over a three-month period before they are handed over to the Health Ministry, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said.
He said the checks were to ensure the construction was done according to specifications to prevent problems that had occurred previously, such as fungus infestation or cracks.
New hospitals in the past were immediately handed over to the Health Ministry after they were completed, he told reporters after attending a briefing on the Asian Institute of Medicine, Science and Technology (AIMST) now being built in Semeling here.
He said this when asked when his ministry would hand over the completed new Sungai Petani Hospital.
On AIMST, Samy Vellu said it was over 90 per cent completed and he expected it to be fully operational in March next year.
The RM465 million institute is founded by MIC led by Samy Vellu.
A total of 2,500 students will be enrolled as the first batch in the institute in April next year and the enrolment is expected to increase to 7,500 within five years.
Currently, 1,100 students are studying at the institute's temporary campus in Bandar Amanjaya here.
Samy Vellu said AIMST would seek the approval of the Higher Education Ministry to transfer its engineering faculty to TAFE College in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, another MIC-sponsored institute, which would be made a branch campus of AIMST.
He added that AIMST would collaborate with several universities in England in various fields.