The Minister of Education, Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia (Dr) Hj Awg Abu Bakar bin Hj Apong yesterday officiated the foundation-laying ceremony for the proposed extension building for the Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah (PAPRSB) Institute of Health Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD).
Also present at the event was the Deputy Minister of Education, Dato Seri Setia Awg Hj Yusoff bin Hj Ismail; permanent secretaries and deputy permanent secretaries at the Ministry of Education (MoE); the Vice Chancellor of UBD; and senior officers from the Ministry of Education; as well as members of the PAPRSB Institute of Health Science.
The event commenced with the recitation of surah al-Fatihah and opening remarks by the Dean of PAPRSB Institute of Health Science, Dr Hjh Maslina Hj Mohsin.
Dr Hjh Maslina in her remarks said that the construction of the extension building, which started Oct 6, 2011, is in line with the current development of the institute. With the incorporation of the PAPRSB Nursing College to the institute in 2009, it has increased the number of academic teaching sources and additional programmes in various health professional disciplines.
The extension building, Dr Hjh Maslina added, will open up more research activities in specific health research in the faculty or cross-faculty research collaboration with other local health institutes or established universities abroad. She further disclosed that the extension project is one of the Ministry of Education's projects under the 9th National Development Plan.
It will have an environmental-friendly concept, be equipped with contemporary design, and will have five levels that include several lecture halls, lecturers' rooms and special rooms to accommodate teaching and learning needs, as well as a Clinical Simulation Centre.
The new building will also be equipped with state-of-the-art simulators and simulated wards which will be used by students to undergo practical training in their respective programmes. Simulated learning will empower the students to be more competent, critical and confident in the skills that they learn during their attachments at hospitals and health centres in the country.
The Clinical Simulation Centre is hoped to upgrade teachings in group work of inter-professional education, particularly for students taking Medical, Nursing and Midwifery programmes. Also featured in the building are several particular scientific labs that would practically meet international standards and will be used particularly for research activities and providing scientific labs services that are more advance for the need of the people nationwide.
Other interesting services include UBD Health Clinic, which will provide Primary Health Care experience for students and the UBD community and will also be open to residents around the university in general.
The project has been awarded to Tobishima (B) Sdn Bhd for a contract value of B$21,185,000, with a 20-month construction duration, and is expected to be completed by early June next year. Meanwhile, the architect for the project has been awarded to Arkitek Idris, Othman and Associates Consulting Engineers as C&S and M&E Engineer, and Hanafi Konsultan as the Quantity Surveyor.
Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin. Lyna Mohamad at LOCAL NEWS.
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