UKM Occupational Risk, Safety and Health Week (MRKKP) Opening Ceremony

CHERAS, 21 October 2024 – UKM Occupational Risk, Safety and Health Week (MRKKP) Opening Ceremony organized by the Occupational Risk, Safety and Health Management Center (ROSH-UKM) was held at the Auditorium, Canselor Tuanku Ja’afar Medical Education Complex, this morning.

The ceremony was officiated by YBrs. Ir. Ts. Dr. Majahar Abd Rahman, Deputy Director General (Occupational Health), Department of Occupational Safety and Health Malaysia. In his speech, he hoped that Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia would be able to give full commitment to make occupational health and safety a main agenda in the strategic plan at UKM and empowering the “safe and healthy work culture” especially in the context of the University.

MRKKP which take place from 21 to 25 October 2024 is a collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz (HCTM), Tunku Ampuan Besar Tuanku Aishah Rohani Hospital, UKM Children’s Specialist Hospital and the UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute (UMBI). Themed ‘A Healthy and Safe Work Environment is the Basic Right of Every Employee’ and the slogan ‘Safe Work and Work Safely’, very much coincide with the importance of safety and health in the workplace.

Among the activities are PPE Equipment and Protection Workshop, Healthy Lifestyle Program: Watan Aerobics, Healthy and Balanced Lifestyle Diet Strategy and various other activities open to all staffs. The inauguration Ceremony also launched the UKM Occupational Safety and Health Handbook as well as the UKM Chemical Register and Inventory.

Also present, YBhg. Prof. Ts. Dr. Kadir Arifin, Director of Risk Management, Occupational Safety and Health, represented the Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Committee (JKKP) and the Chairman of Risk, Safety and Occupational Health Week, Prof. Associate Dr. Jemaima Che Hamzah, representative of the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, YBhg. Dato’ Dr. Azmi Baharudin, Director of Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz, YBhg. Prof. Datuk Dr. Ismail Sagap, Director of Tunku Ampuan Besar Tuanku Aishah Rohani Hospital, Children’s Specialist Hospital, Prof. Associate Dr. Nor Azian Abdul Murad, Director of the Institute of Medical Molecular Biology, Deputy Directors of Risk Management UKM, Occupational Safety and Health, Deputy Directors of HCTM, Heads of Departments, senior officers and staffs.