Increase in patient arrivals causing congestion at emergency and trauma depts nationwide

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KUALA LUMPUR: The increase in patient arrivals of between 5.7% and 95.6% at Emergency and Trauma Departments (ETD), especially for non–emergency cases...

The increase in patient arrivals of between 5.7% and 95.6% at Emergency and Trauma Departments , especially for non–emergency cases, is causing congestion at most hospitals nationwide.

“This has affected the department in terms of providing rapid and appropriate emergency treatment services to patients,“ said the report which was released today. In addition, ETDs also experienced a deficit of 11.6% to 53.1% in terms of workforce required based on the Workload Indicators of Staffing Need 2010.

In addition, ETDs also lacked up to 108 out of 212 medical equipment required in accordance with the Emergency Medicine and Trauma Services Policy, while the number of computer equipment supplied was insufficient.

 

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