Published on: Tuesday, February 02, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur: Private healthcare facilities are ready to accommodate COVID-19 patients, as earlier directed by the government, Private Healthcare Productivity Nexus (PHPN) chairman Datuk Dr Jacob Thomas said.
Dr Jacob said the private hospitals had provided 71 units of ventilators to government hospitals nationwide, when cases in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Coronary Care Unit (CCU) began to show a decline, and this matter was confirmed by Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia (APHM) president, Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh in a statement recently.
He said private healthcare providers had always supported the government in dealing with any healthcare-related situation in the country, more so when there was a surge in daily COVID-19 cases.
The re-appoinmement of the current Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr Alan John Kyerementen by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the same portfolio for the second term has greeted with a massive congratulatory messages from many Ghanaians who are leaving in the country and abroad.
Scores of Ghanaians from the different political parties had gone to the social platforms, particularly the Facebook and Instagram to thank President Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his decision to re-appoint Mr Kyerementen as the minister-designate for Trade and Industry Ministry, describing Mr Kyerementen as a unifier, peacemaker and good listener.
They indicated that their congratulatory messages attested to the real fact that they have a total confidence in Mr Kyerementen and that he has what it takes to lead the ruling NPP when the next and final term of President Akufo-Addo ends.
The schemes that could change the face of Rochdale in 2021 and beyond Date published: 27 December 2020
Proposed Bright Hall at Rochdale Town Hall
With the region’s long-term development plan hitting the rocks and Covid casting a long shadow over the economy, Greater Manchester’s future has rarely looked so uncertain.
Yet Rochdale council bosses remain bullish about their vision for the borough – insisting they will push ahead with the ‘growth agenda’ they say is vital for its prosperity.
Since Stockport’s voted to drop out of the doomed ‘spatial framework’ masterplan, Rochdale and the other eight boroughs have pledged to draw up a revised joint strategy – dubbed the ‘plan of the nine’ in some quarters.
Rochdale bids for £25m from Towns Fund Date published: 17 December 2020
The redevelopment of the former Central Retail Park site in Rochdale is one of the projects the funding would support
A bid for £25million has been submitted to the government’s Towns Fund for a number of projects in Rochdale.
The creation of a brand new advanced manufacturing institute and the building of almost 1,000 new homes on brownfield sites are among the projects being put forward by Rochdale s Towns Fund board, which is made up of public and private sector partners from across the borough.
Spearheaded by the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government, The Towns Fund is a £3.4bn pot of cash set aside by government to help drive economic regeneration in selected areas. One hundred different towns from across the UK were given the opportunity to bid for a share of the money.