By Sheeda Fathil
SHAH ALAM, Dec 29 — Selcare Management Sdn Bhd (Selcare) is in the midst of forming its own laboratory to process the samples taken from Covid-19 screenings next year.
Its director Muhammad Azfizam Hamzah said the screening lab will be in collaboration with Universiti Selangor (Unisel).
“We have been given a place at the Unisel campus in Shah Alam (Section 7), called the Selcare Healthcare Centre, which will have a lab and a clinic.
“When we have our own lab, the results from the screening operations can be obtained faster, more accurately and systematically,” he said on the Media Selangor’s Bual Bicara talk show last night.
Muhammad Azfizam said previously, Selcare had to submit the samples to a third party to get the results.
“Before this, we handed over the samples to the lab in Universiti Malaya, so the processing of the results depends on them, which could cause a delay,” he added.
Selcare is a subsidiary company under the Selangor State Development Corporation (PKNS) and was formed in 2017 to function in providing organisations and companies access to healthcare services through a panel of registered private clinics and hospitals.
Selcare now has 17 clinics in operation in Selangor and three in Kuala Lumpur.
The agency has also provided several programmes and initiatives by the Selangor government such as the Peduli Sihat scheme, Kasih Ibu Smart Selangor and the Covid-19 targeted mass screenings.
