emergency Archives

11 February 2026

Malaysia

Doctor Died Amid KK Sungai Udang’s Lack Of Ambulance For Six Months: MP

Tangga Batu MP asks when KK Sungai Udang will get a new ambulance that's been lacking for 6 months, citing the death of a 41yo doctor from the clinic after she was brought to Melaka Hospital via regular transport. "Imagine if this happened to your family."

5 February 2026

Opinion

Sick Patients Don’t Go To Hospital For Fun

In relating a medical episode of very bad stomach cramps that required expensive diagnostics, CodeBlue EIC Boo Su-Lyn says patients don't go to the hospital for fun and that they shouldn't be blamed for a so-called health insurance "buffet table syndrome".

2 February 2026

Letter

Health Insurance Buffet Table Syndrome Is Real — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam, Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus & Dr Sng Kim Hock

Four specialists say the health insurance buffet table syndrome is real, rebutting APHM that dismissed health care over-utilisation as a myth. The doctors also say private ERs often see non-critical patients who insist on admission to claim from insurance.

21 November 2025

Opinion

Hold TM Accountable For NG MERS 999 Disruptions

Like a telco in Australia, TM must be fined millions of ringgit for NG MERS 999 disruptions that potentially cost lives. The emergency comms system "upgrade" and SaveMe 999 app don't address Malaysia’s main problem of ageing and insufficient ambulances.

20 November 2025

Malaysia

SaveMe 999 App Not Mandatory For Emergency Calls, Says TM

Telekom Malaysia says the SaveMe 999 app isn't required to make calls, stressing that the 999-voice service remains the primary channel for emergency assistance. The new NG MERS 999 system had encountered issues due to a surge in call volume.

20 November 2025

Malaysia

Public Hospitals Post Alternative Medical Emergency Numbers In Kedah, Perlis

Despite Putrajaya’s claim that issues with the new NG MERS 999 system were "isolated incidents", state health departments, government hospitals, and Klinik Kesihatan have posted alternative numbers for medical emergencies in Kedah and Perlis.

12 February 2025

Malaysia

STAR Project Shows Limited Success In Reducing HTAR’s Non-Critical Emergency Cases: Report

The STAR project to reduce non-critical emergency cases at HTAR in Klang shows limited success, with Green Zone cases dropping by under 4% from March 2023 to March 2024. While the initiative initially reduced cases, numbers rose again a few months later.

14 March 2024

Malaysia

In Columbia Asia Case, Hospital And Doctor Equally Liable For Full Award, But Hospital Can’t Pursue Indemnity Against Doctor

The patient's lawyer in the Columbia Asia medical negligence case says both the hospital and doctor are equally liable for the RM4.5mil award of damages, but the hospital can't seek indemnity against the anaesthetist. Her indemnity insurance is only RM1mil.

7 March 2024

Malaysia

In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Holds Private Hospital Liable For Medical Negligence, Rejects Defence Of Doctors Being ‘Independent Contractors’

In a landmark verdict on the case of a patient who sued Columbia Asia after suffering permanent mental and physical disability from brain damage, the Federal Court ruled that the private hospital is "liable personally" for the anaesthetist's negligence.

10 December 2022

Letter

Form Inter-Ministry Network For Better Health Care Access In Rural Sarawak — Dr Kelvin Yii

No babies in a country with supposed universal health care coverage should die in their mother’s arms on the way to the hospital.

Tag: emergency

Doctor Died Amid KK Sungai Udang’s Lack Of Ambulance For Six Months: MP

Sick Patients Don’t Go To Hospital For Fun

Health Insurance Buffet Table Syndrome Is Real — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam, Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus & Dr Sng Kim Hock

Hold TM Accountable For NG MERS 999 Disruptions

SaveMe 999 App Not Mandatory For Emergency Calls, Says TM

Public Hospitals Post Alternative Medical Emergency Numbers In Kedah, Perlis

STAR Project Shows Limited Success In Reducing HTAR’s Non-Critical Emergency Cases: Report

In Columbia Asia Case, Hospital And Doctor Equally Liable For Full Award, But Hospital Can’t Pursue Indemnity Against Doctor

In Landmark Ruling, Federal Court Holds Private Hospital Liable For Medical Negligence, Rejects Defence Of Doctors Being ‘Independent Contractors’

Form Inter-Ministry Network For Better Health Care Access In Rural Sarawak — Dr Kelvin Yii

Specialist Gets Warning Letter After Raising Miri Hospital’s Doctor Shortage

Hire Foreign Housemen, Medical Officers Now: Galen Centre

Two Doctors, Hospital Awarded RM1m Costs In Dismissal Of Negligence Suit Over Neonatal Case

Worsening Waiting Times At Government Hospitals’ Medical Outpatient Clinics — Physician

Verbal Analgesia For Chronic Workforce Haemorrhage — Government Health Care Worker