SYNOPSIS

Healthcare facilities includes hospitals, rehabilitation centres and clinic is called a living building because it always undergoes constant changes due to the change in services’ needs, technological requirements and increase in patient loads.  When the hospital is being built, consideration on the suitability of location, risk and future needs has to be factored in so that the hospital can be expanded or refurbished during its life.

The key to extending the life of healthcare facilities is good operation and maintenance practice. There are many healthcare facilities which are in poor condition that compromises patients’ and staff safety. The hospital instead becomes a place of healing and recuperating has become one of source for medical errors and hazard to unsuspecting patients and visitors.

The speaker shall explain the basis of design and hospital development and the need to incorporate the holistic approach that includes the use of colour therapy, energy efficiency, indoor air quality, healing and conducive environments. He shall elaborate the importance for the hospital management to ensure that asset life cycle takes key roles in operating, maintaining and retrofitting decisions and strategies. With rapid advances in medical technology and increasing demand by the patients, healthcare engineers has to step up and be able to adapt to the requirement as well.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Al-Khairi has 20 years of experience in research, cement, oil and gas, petrochemical, oleo chemicals industries and health care facilities. He has gained various experiences in design, construction, testing and commissioning, operate and maintain facilities and plants from various multinational companies both abroad and locally. He has served in various roles as engineers and manager to the plant and facilities.

With such a diverse industrial background, Ir. Al-Khairi has formed Faqeh Management, an asset and reliability company to improve the equipment reliability and maintenance standard in the industry. The main function of the company is to provide training and consultancy work for the industry. Among the industry that he has provided services are hospital and health care, airports, facilities management organization, printing and palm oil mills.

Currently Ir. Al-Khairi is the Advisor of the Oil, Gas and Mining Technical Division and a member of Building Services for the Institution of Engineers Malaysia (IEM). He is a principle interviewer to qualifying engineers for professional interviews as well as a committee member for engineer’s log book to ensure mechanical engineers registered with IEM has the correct training to qualify as professional engineers. Ir. Al-Khairi has written articles and delivered numerous talks on maintenance and reliability to IEM fraternity in Maintenance, Healthcare and Green Technology Seminar. Ir. Al-Khairi is also a member of Institute of Asset Management UK, Biomedical Engineering Society of Malaysia and Malaysian Society for Quality in Health (MSQH). He is a surveyor with MSQH checking on the facilities design and maintenance as well as safety and environment aspects of hospitals in Malaysia.

Ir. Al-Khairi is a Registered Electrical Energy Manager and has been appointed as the country expert and certified trainer to promote Energy Management Gold Standard under the Asean Energy Management Accreditation Scheme (AEMAS) for the country supporting Greentech Malaysia. To support the energy management practice, Ir Al-Khairi is a member of Malaysian Energy Professional Association (MEPA). Ir Al-Khairi is keen to impart his knowledge to the regions. He is also passionate on energy efficiency and management practice.