Kubang Pasu District

First session (Morning session)

Date: 12th July 2009
Time: 9.00am
Location: Kubang Pasu District Health Office, Jitra
Topic: Tagging System,Immunisation,Pap Smear, Maternal & Child Health, Geriatrics (Family Health and Development Department)
Person in charge: Sister Zurida bt Abd Hamid

We assembled in the DHO meeting room to attend a talk by Sister Zurida bt Abd Hamid. There are 8 klinik kesihatan (Klinik Ibu &Anak) and 21 Klinik Desa in Kubang Pasu district. This unit provides services such as antenatal care, postnatal care, child care (for child age between 0-6 years old), School Health, Geriatrics care, Public Health, Prostar, Mental Health, Food and Diabetic care, Home Care Nursing (for geriatrics and chronic case only), Rehabilitation clinic, and also Dental care. We were briefly explained about the operation policy of Klinik Kesihatan (which includes all types of clinic available) in Kubang Pasu according to BUKU B.
The objective of Klinik Kesihatan is to provide comprehensive and quality service to the community to enhance the status of public health and to improve the accessibility to the health services. The organization chart of Kubang Pasu DHO and the function of various departments under this unit such as pharmacy, laboratory, clinical, imaging and administrative function was explained.
Klinik kesihatan provides its services:
• to walk-in patients,
• patient referred from various types of health care center
• they handles minor surgeries
• Non CD cases such as diabetes, high BP, Asthmatic, psychiatric patient, heart patient, and occupation related diseases.
• Ambulatory Medical Emergency treatment
• Simple fractures, minor orthopedic cases
• Besides that, this unit also responsible to prepare medical report, reten HMIS and carry out health promotion to their patient who visits their clinic.
• Screening test