KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Sunway Medical Centre at Sunway City in Selangor has been designated as a Covid-19 vaccination centre and is administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to frontliners as part of phase one of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
In a statement on Wednesday, the medical facility which is owned by diversified conglomerate Sunway Bhd said it will serve as a vaccination centre for Assunta Hospital, Columbia Asia Hospital Puchong, Columbia Asia Hospital Petaling Jaya, Kelana Jaya Medical Centre, KPMC Bandar Puteri, SALAM Shah Alam Specialist Hospital, Thomson Hospital, Tun Hussein Onn National Eye Hospital, QHC Hospital and Hospital Bersalin, Klinik Pakar & PoliKlinik Pusat Rawatan Islam (PCSB) Pusrawi.
PETALING JAYA: It is not very often that private hospitals work with one another but when it comes to the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, there is solidarity and cooperation between them.
In the Petaling district, several private hospitals have teamed up in the opening of a vaccination centre at Sunway Medical Centre.
Its medical director Dr Seow Vei Ken said while their staff were largely responsible for the administering of vaccines, other hospitals seconded their staff for administrative work, triage, command centre and post vaccination observations.
“When it comes to Covid-19, our common enemy, we work together to fight it, ” Dr Seow said yesterday, the second day of the vaccination programme for medical frontliners.