KENINGAU: Patients suffering from spinal cord injuries in the interior areas and Sandakan can now receive treatment in their respective districts.
Deputy Director of Medicine at Keningau Hospital, Dr Ukim Antikoh, said they will no longer have to go for treatment at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in Kota Kinabalu, thus saving them travel costs.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});He said Keningau Hospital and Duchess of Kent Hospital in Sandakan are now providing treatment to patients.
“Patients with spinal cord injuries in the interior and Sandakan areas no longer need to go to QEH in Kota Kinabalu for treatment,” he said when officiating the Spinal Cord Injury’ (SCI) Rehabilitation Workshop 2025.
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The SCI workshop was attended by doctors and medical officers specializing in SCI from the State, as well as from Peninsular, Brunei Darussalam, and Indonesia, and was conducted by expert trainers from the medical faculty of University Malaya.
Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});Meanwhile, Director of the University of Malaya Medical Centre, Professor Dr. Nazirah Hasnan, said she was proud with the development of rehabilitation medicine in Sabah.
“We are proud for Sabah because rehabilitation medicine has grown significantly, not only at QE Hospital but also in Sandakan and Keningau,” she said.
