TANAH MERAH: Pesakit yang sepatutnya menerima rawatan dialisis di Pusat Dialisis Hospital Pasir Mas akan dirujuk ke hospital dan pusat dialisis berdekatan, susulan runtuhan bumbung premis kemudahan terbabit malam tadi.
Pengarah Kesihatan Kelantan, Datuk Dr Zaini Hussin, berkata pihaknya sudah berhubung dengan Pengarah Hospital Pasir Mas supaya memberi keutamaan kepada pesakit yang menerima rawatan dialisis di situ mendapatkan rawatan yang sepatutnya.
Beliau berkata, 60 pesakit yang menerima rawatan dialisis di Hospital Pasir Mas terbabit dalam proses berkenaan.
"Justeru, pesakit tidak perlu risau berkenaan perkara ini dan walaupun pada masa sama mungkin ada kesulitan, kami cuba minimumkan bagi memberi rawatan yang terbaik kepada mereka.
"Buat sementara waktu, pusat dialisis di hospital ini tidak beroperasi dan jangkaan tempoh untuk beroperasi semula adalah bergantung kepada keadaan tahap kerosakan runtuhan bumbung bangunan pusat dialisis itu," katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan Program Khatan Perdana 2025 Peringkat Hospital Tanah Merah di Lobi Utama Bangunan Emerald Hospital Tanah Merah, di sini, hari ini.
Dr Zaini berkata, beliau sudah mendapat maklumat insiden runtuhan bumbung Pusat Dialisis Pasir Mas dan pihaknya kini masih membuat siasatan berkenaan punca kejadian.
"Saya tidak mahu mendahului siasatan dan pada masa sama, pihak Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR) serta mana-mana agensi yang terbabit juga akan membuat pemantauan dan melakukan siasatan berhubung laporan insiden yang berlaku," katanya.
Terdahulu media melaporkan, bumbung bangunan pusat dialisis Hospital Pasir Mas di sini runtuh dalam kejadian yang berlaku di hospital berkenaan pada malam tadi.
Bagaimanapun, tiada mangsa yang terbabit dalam kejadian yang berlaku jam 11.45 malam itu membabitkan runtuhan seluas 108 meter persegi.
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Februari - Hujan berterusan menjadikan Keningau sebagai daerah terbaharu dilanda banjir lewat malam tadi selain Kinabatangan.
Sekretariat Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana Negeri Sabah memaklumkan semua penduduk terjejas banjir ditempatkan di dua pusat pemindahan sementara (PPS) di Kinabatangan.
"Keadaan banjir menyebabkan angka penduduk terjejas meningkat kepada 319 daripada 82 keluarga pada pagi ini, berbanding 228 daripada 60 keluarga pada 8 malam tadi.
"Seramai 66 orang (16 keluarga) dipindahkan ke sebuah PPS di Keningau, manakala 253 orang (65 keluarga) berlindung di dua PPS di Kinabatangan," menurut jawatankuasa itu.
Antara kawasan terjejas banjir Kampung Kauran, Kampung Lingkudau, Tamu Ground, Kampung Patikang Ulu dan Kampung Kauran Greg.
Hasil pemantauan mendapati air di kebanyakan kampung yang terjejas mula surut, namun Kampung Kauran Greg masih dilanda banjir. Berikutan itu, seramai 66 mangsa telah dipindahkan ke Pusat Pemindahan Sementara (PPS) di Dewan Majlis Daerah Keningau bagi memastikan keselamatan mereka terjamin.
Sementara itu, Jabatan Meteorologi (MetMalaysia) laporan cuaca pada pagi tadi menjangkakan keadaan hujan beserta ribut petir boleh berlaku tertumpu di bahagian pedalaman dan pantai barat di Negeri Sabah.
Katanya, hujan berterusan akan melanda beberapa kawasan di Sabah sehingga Sabtu, 8 Februari ini.
Kawasan yang dijangka terjejas termasuk Pantai Barat meliputi Ranau dan Kota Belud, daerah Sandakan seperti Telupid, Kinabatangan, Beluran serta Sandakan, selain kawasan Kudat.
SERIAN (Feb 6): The Kampung Hulu Serian village security and development committee (JKKK) has organised a post-flood gotong-royong at several affected locations.
It was held in collaboration with the Surau Darul Taqwa Management Committee, Neighbourhood Watch, Gerakan Komuniti, GiatMara Serian, and residents.
Kampung Hulu Serian village chief Morshidi Loncheng said the cleanup focussed on Surau Darul Taqwa, Kampung Hulu Multipurpose Hall, and riverbank areas.
“The activities involved clearing debris and removing driftwood brought in by floodwaters,” he said in a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas).
Kampung Hulu Serian was among the worst-hit areas where flooding forced residents to evacuate to several temporary evacuation centres (PPS), such as Dewan Masyarakat Serian, Dewan Gelanggang Futsal Tertutup, and Dewan Tai Pak Kung.
These centres opened on Jan 29 and officially closed on Tuesday after conditions improved.
Morshidi thanked agencies involved in assisting flood victims, including the Serian District Disaster Management Committee, Welfare Department, Civil Defence Force, Fire and Rescue Department, police, Malaysian Armed Forces, People’s Volunteer Corps, and various non-governmental organisations.
Among those present to assist with the cleanup efforts was Bukit Semuja assemblyman John Ilus, along with neighbouring village chiefs, who provided support to the affected residents.
PETALING JAYA – Jabatan Meteorologi (MetMalaysia) mengeluarkan amaran hujan berterusan tahap buruk bagi beberapa kawasan di Sarawak berkuat kuasa hari ini sehingga esok.
MetMalaysia dalam kenyataan berkata, hujan lebat berterusan dijangka berlaku di kawasan Kuching, Serian, Samarahan, Betong, Sarikei (Pakan, Sarikei dan Meradong), Sibu (Sibu) dan Mukah.
Sementara itu, MetMalaysia juga mengeluarkan amaran hujan berterusan tahap waspada melibatkan bahagian lain di negeri Sarawak antaranya Sri Aman (Sri Aman), Sarikei (Julau), Sibu (Kanowit dan Selangau), Bintulu dan Miri (Subis dan Miri).
Tambah MetMalaysia, amaran yang sama turut melibatkan beberapa daerah di negeri Sabah ekoran hujan lebat berterusan yang dijangka berlaku bermula hari ini sehingga Sabtu.
Kata MetMalaysia, antara kawasan terlibat adalah Pantai Barat (Ranau dan Kota Belud), Sandakan (Telupid, Kinabatangan, Beluran dan Sandakan) serta Kudat. – KOSMO! ONLINE
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of evacuees seeking shelter at temporary evacuation centres (PPS) across the three flood-affected states - Johor, Sarawak, and Sabah - continued to rise as of 8am today compared to yesterday.
In JOHOR, the latest state to be hit by floods, the number of evacuees increased slightly to 372 from 364 reported last night.
State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Tan Sri Dr Azmi Rohani said all evacuees were housed in three relief centres in the Kota Tinggi district: Dewan Muafakat Taman Desaru Utama (172 people), Dewan Kampung Baru Sungai Mas (40 people), and Sekolah Kebangsaan Bandar Penawar (160 people).
"In addition, the Sungai Kahang station in Kampung Contoh, Kluang, has exceeded the danger level, recording a reading of 14.57 metres," he said in a statement today.
SARAWAK remains the worst-affected state, with the number of evacuees rising again after several days of decline. A total of 5,384 people are now taking shelter in 30 relief centres, up from 5,125 last night.
The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee Secretariat reported an increase in evacuees in two divisions - the Sibu Division, where the number rose to 1,142 from 876, and the Mukah Division, which recorded 528 evacuees, up from 501 last night.
Meanwhile, the number of evacuees in Bintulu saw a slight decline, dropping to 1,864 from 1,865, while Miri also recorded a drop to 1,184 from 1,217. The number of evacuees in Serian (507), Samarahan (149), and Sarikei (10) remained unchanged.
In SABAH, Keningau became the latest district to be affected by floods late last night, after Kinabatangan.
The State Disaster Management Committee Secretariat said that the number of evacuees continued to rise, reaching 319 from 82 families this morning, up from 228 from 60 families reported at 8 last night.
"A total of 66 people (from 16 families) have been evacuated to a relief centre in Keningau, while 253 people (from 65 families) are taking shelter in two centres in Kinabatangan," the committee said. – BERNAMA