Hospital should remain under Health Ministry

'New Straits Times SERDANG: A Serdang Hospital Visitors Board member wants the hospital to remain under the Ministry of Health (MOH) and not handed over to Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).
Board secretary Dr Mahendran Maniam said there is no reason to change the hospital's management because it never had problems since the hospital was set established.
"If Serdang Hospital is handed over to UPM, it will be hard to control the treatment fees and on this basis, the hospital management must remain under MOH.
"After all, the hospital meet the needs of about one million people in the vicinity and the number is rising, especially for heart patients," he here yesterday.
Several UPM associations want to turn Serdang Hospital into a teaching hospital and the management handed over to UPM for the benefit of medical and health science students.
It is understood that UPM students had to do practical training at Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kajang Hospital and Kuala Pilah Hospital although Serdang Hospital is nearby.
He said that it was untrue that Serdang Hospital did not accommodate UPM students wanting to undergo practical training.
"Serdang Hospital has given adequate places for students to do practical training in accordance with the memorandum of understanding signed by both parties." Bernama