Kuala Lampur, July 1 -- A Sabah man's post about a long, uncomfortable wait in Queen Elizabeth Hospital was another reminder that the state's health infrastructure is very much lacking.

I was born in that hospital.

Decades later, it shoulders too much of a burden, with Sabahans having to travel too far a distance to the state capital because of limited resources in their districts.

It wasn't that long ago that cancer patients in Sabah had to fly to Kuala Lumpur for some treatments.

Now there are more cancer resources but they are just a fraction of what's available in the Klang Valley.

My oncologist could point out the window across the road to where the pharmacy was, the one where I could place orders for my immunotherapy drugs.

Wh...