| James Kon |
THE Ministry of Health (MoH) has always welcomed the involvement of the Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent
Society (BDRCS) in support of the government’s aspirations to provide the best health services to the citizens of the country.
The significant involvement of BDRCS was lauded by Haji Zakaria bin Haji Serudin, the Permanent Secretary at the MoH, in his speech as the guest of honour at the dinner reception for the 68th anniversary celebration of the BDRCS recently.
Also present at the dinner were Haji Ismail bin Kassim, the President of the BDRCS, along with the chairperson of the organising committee, Sheikh Haji Kadir bin Abdullah and Martin Faller, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ (IFRC) deputy head of delegation.
Haji Zakaria cited that BDRCS’ good cooperation with the MoH included providing volunteers in various fields like first aiders who have worked closely with the Accident and Emergency Department of the MoH through Emergency Medical Ambulance Services.
Haji Zakaria bin Haji Serudin (left), Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Haji Ismail bin Kassim during the ceremony. – JAMES KON
“The Ministry of Health also hopes that the Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent Society will continue to upgrade its role on the national level from time to time in line with international best practices,” he said.
BDRCS, he said, “needs to take innovative and creative approaches according to the progress of time to make sure that the association continues to be relevant and not only limited to the involvement of providing emergency assistance services.”
On the Red Crescent Academy, he said that the association can prepare action plans towards alignment of training modules and syllabi to be used for organising emergency assistance training programme in the country according to standards issued by the IFRC and the American Heart Association.
The cooperation with professional bodies in the country is encouraged to make sure uniformity of accreditation and recognition as well as standard of emergency assistance.
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