| Hakim Hayat |
THE Ministry of Health (MoH) is currently planning to introduce an online appointment booking system for members of the public.
Speaking at the sidelines of the opening of the Berakas Health Centre in RPN Lambak Kanan yesterday, Dr Haji Zulhilmi bin Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Haji Abdullah, Acting Specialist of Basic Healthcare and in-Charge of the health centre said the proposed system would allow bookings made through a website and a downloadable mobile application.
He explained that the project is still under evaluation by MoH, and will be put into motion once an appropriate system is developed.
Dr Haji Zulhilmi also mentioned that once the system is implemented at the new Berakas Health Centre, it would also be extended to other health centres across the country.
Dr Haji Zulhilmi bin Pehin Orang Kaya Hamzah Pahlawan Dato Seri Setia Haji Abdullah, Acting Specialist of Basic Healthcare and in-Charge of the Berakas Health Centre (c) with other senior MoH officials during the press conference. – MUIZ MATDANI
The ambitious plan follows an increasingly popular method of “full appointment booking system”, which was first adopted by the Muara Health Centre in 2011. Typically, patients would have to wait long hours at health centres to see a doctor, but the introduction of the appointment system, which allots specific time to see a doctor through calling or walk-in, has offered more convenience to patients.
The system was adopted by the Gadong Health Centre in 2013, and later by the Berakas ‘A’ Health Centre, which has now been combined together with the Berakas ‘B’ Health Centre to form the new Berakas Health Centre.
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