KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 ― Health Ministry secretary-general Datuk Mohd Shafiq Abdullah said the ministry has filled up to 95 per cent of permanent positions in the Klang Valley.
At a press conference this morning, he said the ministry has also asked the Public Service Department (JPA) for additional permanent positions.
“We have also filled close to 9,000 contract posts which will be placed in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya.
“We have also reassigned more than 2,490 from facilities across the country into the Klang Valley, including those from Sabah and Sarawak to be assigned in the Klang Valley and Negri Sembilan,” he said.
According to Dr Shafiq, the addition of personnel include physicians, medical officers, assistant medical officers, nurses, non-environmental health officers, lab techs, administrative assistants and drivers.
Two hundred and twenty instructors from Health Ministry training facilities have also been reassigned to health facilities since July 27, which include 170 dentists and 85 pharmacists.
“These 220 have been reassigned to assist at Covid-19 screening centres and PPVs across the Klang Valley,” he said.
Dr Shafiq also said that they have discussed with JPA about adding non-health staff to help with the task of obtaining prevention information faster.
“We will also have discussions with Selangor and Negri Sembilan state governments to help the ministry get non-health workers for the job,” he said.
