Health DG: Surgical services in primary healthcare facilities need to be expanded

By STEPHANIE LEE

KOTA KINABALU: Surgical services in primary healthcare facilities need to be expanded and empowered, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said surgical services in primary healthcare facilities were low nationwide, and the need to increase surgical healthcare was due to over dependence and congestion in hospitals.

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