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Sabah party presses state govt for own emergency call centre after man dies due to late ambulance despatch

KOTA KINABALU, May 7 — Sabah Progressive Party renewed its call to the government to set up its own call centre for Sabah to ensure fast and efficient response in emergency situations.

Gee said that it is necessary for the Sabah government set up its own emergency call centre to deal with these emergencies so as to avoid the response delay, confusion and miscommunication crucial in saving lives.“If the authorities fail to prioritise the lives of Sabah. SAPP will resort to further political action and legal action to compel the authorities to have an efficient local emergency call centre for the people in Sabah,” he said.

“Why can’t GRS immediately set up its own MERS999 centre like what Sarawak did after last September’s incident?” he said in a statement yesterday. For the record, Warisan had in September 2021 came out strongly condemning the illogical and ineffective MERS 999 system which resulted in the delay in dispatching the Bomba to the fire scene.

 

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