STAT: Staunch medical brain drain, Tackle emergency department overcrowding, Address fire safety in public health care facilities, Table the tobacco control bill.
An emergency medicine doctor says building new public hospitals is not the solution to overcrowded emergency departments, but that Malaysia must focus on preventive health and primary care.
Emergency doctors from public hospitals in KL say the evolution of the “war zone” emergency department, forced by overcrowding, may lead to patients not getting standard of care.