KUCHING, July 15, 2014: The year 2013 has already past by seven months, but the new Sri Aman divisional hospital has yet to take off
the ground, let alone completed.
Leon: Where is the new hospital?
On April 11, 2011, Prime Minister Najib Razak had announced that the RM200 million hospital
would be completed by 2013.
He had said that earthwork on the site would begin in
2011 while building construction would commence in 2012.
The hospital, he announced, would be completed by 2013.
He made the announcement when visiting Sri Aman, with
five days more to the state elections.
His announcement was greeted with thunderous applauses and cheers.
Picture (right): The site for the proposed Sri Aman hospital
Looking back, the announcement was simply an empty one
and hollow and it was solely meant to fish for votes among the frustrated
people of Sri Aman, who yearned for a better medical facilities.
True enough, earthwork had completed. But the
construction work on the building itself had yet to commence.
The
proposed hospital was to replace the
existing one which had been in service since 1959.
Were
the people of Sri Aman, who had voted for the BN in the 2011 election,
short-changed?
Sarawak DAP vice chairman Leon Jimat Donald took a swipe
at Simanggang State Assemblyman Francis Harden and Batang Lupar Member of
Parliament Masir Kujat for failing to follow-up with the federal government.
"They have done absolutely nothing in getting the
Sri Aman hospital built. The hospital signboard has collapsed and what remains of a clearing is now a
secondary jungle.
"The site is definitely abandoned," he said.
Leon, who is also the DAP Sri Aman chief, said that the
people of Sri Aman are waiting anxiously for its 'new' hospital and all Harden
and Masir can say is 'wait'.
"They seem to conveniently sidestep the issue all
this while but the people of Sri Aman want answers.
"We cannot hope of being fed with promises after
promises, especially with State election on the horizon," he said.
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