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b. Institutional Health Service (Prison Health)
Institutional Health Service refers to services delivered on an outpatient basis by departments or other
organizational units of, or sponsored by, such institutions. Presently, The Special Program Sector
looks into the policy involve in the health services render to prisons all over Malaysia by The Malaysian
Prison Department.
In order to strengthen the Institutional Health Service in Prison, the MoH has done Field Monitoring
Visit to selected health facilities under The Malaysian Prison Department. Together with representatives
from The Family Health Development Division, visit to The Muar Rehabilitation Centre and The Penor
Prison in Kuantan Pahang was done on 17 August 2017 and 7 November 2017, respectively. The
objective of the visit is to monitor the implementation of health services in prisons and to identify areas
of improvement that can be done to ensure a comprehensive and optimal health service is provided
in the prison.
To further enhance the effectiveness of health service in prison, a joint Technical Meeting on Prison
Health Services between the MoH and with the Malaysia Prisons Department has been identified
as part of annual activity. Representative from MoH include program officers from Disease Control,
Family Health Development, Nutritional and Medical Development Division. The 1 meeting was held
st
on 13 July 2017.
The MoH is also responsible to identify officers to fill the health personnel cadre posts in the prison’s
clinics all over Malaysia. The statistic of cadre posts and status of placement as in Table 8.
Table 8
Total of Cadre Post of Health Personnel in Malaysia Prison’s Clinics 2017
Percentage of
Number of Posts Post Placement
Cadre Post Placement
(a) (b)
(b/a x 100) (%)
Medical Officer 60 48 80
Dental Officer 11 5 45
Assistant Medical Officer 116 116 100
Assistant Pharmaceutical Officer 42 38 90
Staff Nurse 1 1 100
Source: Public health Development Division, MoH
THE SECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSION DEVELOPMENT
The Section of Public Health Profession Development is responsible for the development of policy in
the Public Health Programme, so that all health servants in the Public Health Program met the standard
of competency in the delivery of services to citizens. The activities include:
i. Public Health Specialty Services
ii. Development of Public Health Professions
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