Hilmi: Kapar Hospital delayed due to Selangor govt

THE delay in the construction of Kapar Hospital, which was an­nounced in 2013, is among others due to the procrastination of the Selangor government in approving land ownership grants.

Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya said the Health Ministry had sent 12 letters to the state government since 2012 but it took the Selangor government more than one year to respond to every letter.

“Currently, the application for the granting of land ownership is still under the jurisdiction of the Klang District and Land Office.

“This causes the delay. The (federal) government has asked Sime Darby to hand over the 20.23ha of land to the state government and we ask that the land be submitted to the Land and Mines Department director-general but on condition at a nominal rate,” he told the Dewan Rakyat.

Dr Hilmi was replying to a supplementary question by G. Manivannan (PKR-Kapar) who wanted to know whether the Government had placed a time limit in the construction of a public hospital.

Dr Hilmi said the Health Ministry had agreed on the site of the land, which was handed over by Sime Darby for the proposed hospital construction and the ministry had submitted an application for the land ownership grant to the federal Lands and Mines (JKPTG) on Oct 11, 2017.

“Following that, the federal JKPTG submitted an application for the granting of land ownership to the Klang District and Land Office land administrator on Nov 29, 2017 to obtain the application approval and apply for the premium rate to be imposed on the state government at a nominal level,” he said.

Meanwhile, replying to a question by Dr Izani Husin (PAS-Pengkalan Chepa) on the Government’s measure to restrict the sale of health supplements and food products that were dangerous, Dr Hilmi said unlicensed supplementary products worth RM41mil were seized from 2015 until 2017. — Bernama