Editing Sabah (section)

=== Healthcare ===
{{see also|List of hospitals in Malaysia}}
[[File:KotaKinabalu Sabah Gleneagles-Hospital-01.jpg|thumb|left|Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu, one of the main [[private hospital]]s in Sabah.]]
Sabah has four major government hospitals: [[Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu|Queen Elizabeth Hospital]], [[Queen Elizabeth Hospital II]], [[Duchess of Kent Hospital]] and Tawau Hospital followed by 13 other government districts hospitals,<ref group="note">See [[List of hospitals in Malaysia]].</ref> women and children hospital, mental hospital, public health clinics, [[1Malaysia#1Malaysia clinics|1Malaysia clinics]] and rural clinics. Besides government-owned hospitals and clinics, there are also a number of private hospitals such as: Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu, [[KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital|KPJ Specialist Hospital]], Damai Specialist Centre (DSC), Rafflesia Specialist Centre (RSC) and Jesselton Medical Centre (JMC).<ref name="docs exodus">{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=99109 |title=Exodus of govt docs |newspaper=Daily Express |date=21 April 2015 |access-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822055910/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=99109 |archive-date=22 August 2016 }}</ref> There is also an addiction treatment facility known as [[Solace Sabah]] in the state capital to treat problems related to alcoholism and [[addiction|drug addiction]].

In 2011, the state's doctor-patient ratio was 1:2,480 – lower than the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) recommendation of 1 doctor to 600 patients.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/07/23/data-on-shortage-of-doctors-a-wake-up-call-mp/ |title=Data on shortage of doctors a wake-up call – MP |newspaper=The Borneo Post |date=23 July 2011 |access-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822123933/http://www.theborneopost.com/2011/07/23/data-on-shortage-of-doctors-a-wake-up-call-mp/ |archive-date=22 August 2016 }}</ref> Because of the heavy workload and lack of interest from younger graduates, Sabah is facing the shortage of doctors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bt.com.bn/news-asia/2010/07/08/sabah-sarawak-facing-doctor-shortage |title=Sabah, Sarawak facing doctor shortage |work=Bernama |publisher=The Brunei Times |date=8 July 2010 |access-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822141901/http://www.bt.com.bn/news-asia/2010/07/08/sabah-sarawak-facing-doctor-shortage |archive-date=22 August 2016 }}</ref> Many doctors who once served under the government hospitals have decided to move to private hospitals instead because of the heavy workload with low salaries in government hospitals although private hospitals won't easily recruiting them with some applications have been turned down.<ref name="docs exodus"/> Thus to prevent the continuous shortage of doctors, the federal government has initiated various measure to produce more physicians with massive funds has been allocated to healthcare sector in every year country budget.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsarawaktribune.com/news/4175/Government-provides-more-physicians-for-better-healthcare-of-Malaysians/ |title=Government provides more physicians for better healthcare of Malaysians |work=Bernama |publisher=[[New Sarawak Tribune]] |date=30 April 2013 |access-date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822144054/http://www.newsarawaktribune.com/news/4175/Government-provides-more-physicians-for-better-healthcare-of-Malaysians/ |archive-date=22 August 2016 }}</ref>