Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said it was among the proposals made by the State Government that his Ministry was seriously looking into.
On the time frame to consider all the proposals from the State Government, he said it would be less than a year.
Wisma Khidmat, which has been vacated, is now under the Sabah Credit Corporation. Liow who met with the State Cabinet to specifically discuss the QEH denied that the Federal Government was not concerned with the healthcare needs of the people here.
Ever since the QEH tower was declared unsafe the Ministry had been doing its level best to place patients at the various health facilities, he said, adding that at the moment the Ministry was also renting at the Sabah Medical Centre.
At the same time, Liow said the Ministry would quickly build the twin towers at the QEH to ensure there would be sufficient beds.
Meanwhile, Musa who is Finance Minister said the State Government had presented a proposal on solving the shortage of hospital beds in the State Capital to the Health Ministry.
He said the State Government presented a plan to build a strong surgical hospital with all the emergency services for 250 beds as an interim measure to solve the shortage of hospital beds in the city.
He said part of the State Government's proposals included a decanting ward near the car park at QEH for 200 to 240 beds in four to five months.
He said the decanting ward was semi-permanent so that the original plan to build the twin towers at QEH plus a new tower block could proceed.
Musa also said it was important that the Cardiac Centre that has been planned initially be built because Sabah did not have such a medical facility.
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