The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has urged the Health Ministry to immediately address the issue of low-quality fabric issued to nurses for their uniforms.

Its president Adnan Mat said his team has long raised this matter and the ministry should have resolved it.

“The supply of fabric (for uniforms) is not as good as requested. We are disappointed that this is still happening at a time when the prime minister (Anwar Ibrahim) places great importance on the welfare of public servants,” he said.

“We received complaints that the fabric for the uniforms was not really white… and if it’s white, the fabric is sometimes thin and transparent. The fabric is also coarse… not suitable to be used as uniforms to carry out tasks. This needs to be re-examined.”

He said this after the Terengganu Education Administrative Assistants Professionalism Enhancement Programme 2024 at SMK Sultan Sulaiman in Kuala Terengganu, yesterday.

On Tuesday, Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng in his speech during the parliamentary debate, said the matter that was previously raised by Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran, who urged the ministry to disclose the name of the fabric supplier and questioned what actions had been taken.

Cuepacs president Adnan Mat

Separately, Adnan also asked the government to expedite the demand to upgrade the service scheme for approximately 300,000 administrative assistants who, according to him, were left out of the Public Service Remuneration System (SSPA).

He said Cuepacs has sent a memorandum to the prime minister on this matter and hoped to receive the best feedback from the government, as previously discussed with the Public Service Department.

- Bernama

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