Damai Service Hospital (HQ) Sdn Bhd would like to make clarification of the news stated above that has drawn a huge negative perception among the Muslims in Malaysia. Our hospital is not in any way involved in this matter. Damai Service Hospital (HQ) is a separate entity from the hospital concerned with no connection whatsoever in term of management and policy. We respect all our Muslim patients and staff in any aspects of their religion and belief.

Our nurses are given options to choose a uniform that they are comfortable with. We set no restriction on nurses wearing long or short sleeves.

In addition, our hospital has provided a surau for our Muslim patients, visitors and nurses to perform their duty as Muslims during working hours. Further, our Muslim male staffs are given two hours break for their Friday prayers. This practice has been in place since the hospital’s establishment in 1981.

Nevertheless, we have received hundreds of negative comments on our social media platform since Dec 6, 2015. We have chosen the approach to reply to each individual comment personally to ease the ‘heat’ triggered among the Muslim friends. We have also invited some of the Facebook commenters to come to our hospital to make necessary clarification with our Muslim staff.

We understand the confusion of the people of perceiving both hospitals are related. We urge the editors from various dailies to assist in clearing our name.

(Damai Service Hospital HQ and Damai Service Hospital Taman Melawati were previously one entity but separated in 1990. At Damai Service Hospital HQ, nurses are allowed to wear long sleeves.)