The Provision of the Disabled Facilities in Public Hospitals

Abstract

Abstract. The implementation of Person with Disabilities Act 2008 has become an eye opener towards the provision of disabled facilities in all public buildings especially regarding healthcare accessibility. The aim of this research is to analyse the provision of the disabled facilities provided in a public hospital in Perak, Malaysia. To support the research, it was supporting with two objectives that are to identify the designs and requirements of disabled facilities that need to be fulfilled according to Uniform Building By-Laws (UBBL) and other standard regulations and to identify the level of awareness of public on disabled facilities in the public hospital. For the purpose of the research, the observation method has been done towards three (3) selected hospital in Perak and questionnaire survey have been distributed to 96 respondents among the staff and visitors of the hospitals. All the data collected from the questionnaire survey and the checklist using UBBL standard requirement, then analysed using the SPSS V.21. The outcome of the observation indicates that most of the hospitals were provided with the disabled facilities, but there are still some rooms for improvement regarding specifications and the provision itself. In a nutshell, this research helps the management of the hospital together with the public on the importance of the provision of the disabled facilities in public buildings.

Building Condition Assessment Focusing on Persons with Disabilities’ Facilities at Hospital Buildings

“…From the perspective of building management, Lau et al (2014) stated that most existing inclusiveness built environment assessment models only address accessibility issues at design and construction stages, whereas building management and operation are often overlooked. This is supported by one recent study done by Talib et al (2016) at Perak public hospitals that highlighted maintenance as the factor that can enhance the PWDs' facilities in public hospitals. Maintenance is the effort in connection with different technical and administrative actions to keep a physical asset in, or restore it to, a condition where it can perform a required function (British Standard Institution, 1993) as cited in (Chan, Lee, & Burnett, 2001).…”

“…In local context, prior studies highlighted the issues on the PWDs' facilities condition at various case studies including government buildings, hotels, university campus, national parks, shopping malls, and public hospitals (Bashiti & Rahim, 2016;Hussein & Yaacob, 2012;Kadir & Jamaludin, 2012;Osman, Radzi, Bakri, & Ibrahim, 2015;Shalini & Seow Ta, 2015;Talib, Ghani, & Ismail, 2016) Studies have started to highlight on the maintenance aspect of PWDs' facilities. World-class service facilities are becoming outdated after a few years due to inadequate proper maintenance (Shalini & Seow Ta, 2015).…”

Satisfaction among patients and caregivers receiving value-added services during the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak in a tertiary hospital in the Perak state of Malaysia

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Inadequate sanitation in healthcare facilities: A comprehensive evaluation of toilets in major hospitals in Dhaka, Bangladesh

“…Furthermore, the fieldworkers recorded information related to toilet facilities for persons with limited mobility (i.e., wheelchair accessibility, wide door, metallic handrail, etc.) [ 29 ], and solid disposal bins inside the toilet for menstrual hygiene management (MHM). The definition of “toilets” for persons with limited mobility was adapted from Talib et al 2016 [ 29 ] and MHM facility of toilets were defined as presence of disposal bin inside the toilet [ 30 ].…”