Health Ministry guidelines to beef up disaster and crisis response
The Health Ministry has drawn up guidelines to strengthen resilience and response to disasters and crises.
Its Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said this is to ensure that the country’s development and economic progress will not be derailed in the event of a disaster.
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Its Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said this is to ensure that the country’s development and economic progress will not be derailed in the event of a disaster.
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00:00One, two, three.
00:12The most important objective is to prepare the country...
00:20...for the possible disasters.
00:25Disasters that we are familiar with, like floods...
00:31...and other diseases like leptospirosis.
00:36Also landslides, landslides.
00:39But what we also want to emphasize is...
00:42...chemical disasters.
00:46Also infectious diseases.
00:49Also the pandemic that we just went through.
00:52COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 virus.
00:56So all of these are very important for a country...
01:02...to always be prepared...
01:05...to remain alert, agile, robust...
01:11...and have a high level of preparedness.
01:13That's where we can see in a way that...
01:17...shows and highlights their assets.
01:20From the Department of Chemistry, PDRM...
01:23...from the Department of Nuclear and Atomic Energy...
01:26...and others.
01:28Including us, KKM.
01:31We have our traumatologist, our PD physician...
01:34...who provides various PPE.
01:36Not only for infectious diseases, but also for chemicals...
01:40...or radiological or nuclear and so on.
01:47All of these are very important for us to be prepared.
01:51I can't emphasize it further.
01:54I can't over-emphasize it.
01:56It's important for a country that is advancing...
01:59...in a huge economic growth...
02:02...to be prepared.
02:04We don't want our whole development to be derailed.
02:07We want to face a super money disaster...
02:14...that can disrupt the country's development.
02:21We must be prepared.