PETALING JAYA - Some had to hold their own IV bags while waiting to be treated. Some had to stand in the overcrowded government hospital emergency department while others sat on the floor in the long wait to get medical attention.These are among the claims shared by people on social media as public healthcare facilities are stretched to bursting point with a high number of patient arrivals.
The post claimed that there was a more than 24-hour wait to be admitted, with almost 100 patients stranded in the emergency department during peak hours. “Just yesterday I had a patient with acute appendicitis sitting on the floor with an in his hands, and a three-year-old kid with dengue who had to stand with the in her father’s hands. It is that bad...,” she tweeted on Jan 18.
“An hour after I received a call that my son was involved in an accident, I arrived at the hospital and saw my son sitting in a wheelchair, with his face bleeding, vomit and looking frail, with his clothes covered in blood.
straits_times great .. now Singapore knows how terrible msian govt hospitals can be FadhlinaSiddiq
When economy were impacted the poor Malaysians turned to govt facilities to survive and live hence you can find rammed hospitals in major towns. As even middle-class affected.
Seemed 10 years approximately, the hospital facilities didn't improved as we had elevators half of them working as even it's working their controller buttons vanished or destroyed without being repaired and skanky public toilets etc. So Shameless..
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