‘It’s a nightmare’: Resident quarantined in Malaysia’s COVID-19 red zone worried over access to healthcare, fresh food supplies

KUALA LUMPUR: When Mel Youlanda had fever and severe gastric pain one evening, she feared that she had contracted COVID-19.

“When I was sick, I had to call the condominium management, and it was late at night so they told me I had to wait until 8am the next day to see a doctor,” she recounted.She explained that all residents who wanted to see a doctor were told they could only do so between 8am and noon each day at the ground floor.

She eventually met the doctor the following morning and got medication to treat her stomach flu. However, some of her other neighbours with more pressing needs for medical care were not so lucky. She stressed that it was important for residents to have access to doctors 24 hours a day, especially since the residents are at risk of contracting COVID-19.Youlanda lives with five other people in her condominium unit, including two children. All of them are tenants of the unit.

“We had hoped for vegetables, fruits like papayas or bananas, chicken and fresh fish but we got none of this. There’s no point having many plates of rice when there’s no wholesome dishes to accompany them,” she said. She stated that whenever the authorities were distributing food supplies, only one person from each household was allowed to leave the unit to collect them. Moreover, in her experience, the officials did not have much time to take requests from individual units to purchase specific groceries.for residents held within enhanced MCO premises.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

Quarantined without a plan. Thats the problem.

Hmm, is it really that bad or made up stories? IsmailSabri60 HishammuddinH2O

you know whats a nightmare? singapore is a covid-19 nightmare accross SEA.

KKMPutrajaya Taking this story with a pinch of salt. Health Ministry should come out to clarify the part about “NO ACCESS TO 24/7 MEDICAL SERVICES”.

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