Friday, January 11, 2013

Angkasa To Build 50 Haemodialysis Centres Nationwide

TEMERLOH, Jan 10 (Bernama) -- Angkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Berhad (Angkasa) has set aside RM50 million to build 50 haemodialysis centres throughout the country in the next five years.

Source from (Bernama): http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsgeneral.php?id=920726
Published: January 11, 2013

Angkasa Deputy President Datuk Abdul Fattah Abdullah said the 50 haemodialysis centres would be build with the cooperation of cooperatives at the respective areas to ensure diabetic patients received treatment and services at an affordable cost.

"The cost allocated for building each centre in RM1 million and thus far, Angkasa on its own has already build two haemodialysis centres in Temerloh, Pahang and Bayan Baru, Penang," he told reporters after visiting Angkasa's haemodialysis centre in Temerloh, here, Thursday.

Abdul Fattah said the haemodialysis centre in Temerloh started operations on Dec 10 while work on the construction of the Bayan Baru centre was in the final stages of completion.

"Three nurses and an assistant are operating the six machines in operation at the centre. Thus far, 16 patients are receiving treatment at the centre," he said.

-- BERNAMA

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