PUTRAJAYA: The government inked today new concession agreements for hospital support services with five concessionaires.
The companies are Faber Medi-Serve Sdn Bhd, Radicare (M) Sdn Bhd, Medivest Sdn Bhd, Sedafiat Sdn Bhd and One Medicare Sdn.
The services scope under the hospital support services agreement involve facility engineering maintenance services; biomedical engineering maintenance services; linen and laundry services; cleansing services; healthcare waste management services and facility management services.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said the new concession contract would be for the period of 10 years effective April 1 involving 148 government hospitals.
"Under the new agreement, the government will pay RM1.3 billion yearly to these five companies for the hospital support services provided by them," he said after witnessing the signing of these contracts.
Dr Subramaniam also reminded these concessionaires to continue giving high standard of services as the government had invested so much for its hospitals.
He said the ministry would keep a close watch on their performance and would not hesitate to take action against them including imposing penalty and payment deduction of the services cost.
Meanwhile, Health secretary-general Datuk Farida Mohd Ali said the ministry also supported efforts to promote green projects and it was included in the new concession contracts under the sustainability programme.
"The concessionaires have to implement programmes that have three key elements namely energy managemebt; indoor air quality and 3R (reduce, reuse and recycle)."