5 November 2026
One year after NG-999's rollout, retreating to 21 fragmented hospital call centres wastes scarce clinical manpower and stalls emergency dispatch reform.
Tag: emergency medical service
13 November 2024
Deputy sec-gen (finance) Norazman Ayob says MOH is exploring “Uberising” ambulance services, pooling public and private ambulances that can be accessed via an app. The ambulance's journey can be tracked; users can choose to go to MOH or private hospitals.
10 March 2023
Malaysia
MOH’s Perak Ambulance Service Stops Written Death Verification For Next-Of-Kin To Avoid Lawsuits
In Dec 2022, JKN Perak ordered the ambulance service by MOH hospitals and PKDs statewide to stop providing deceased emergency cases' next-of-kin the Death Verification Form to avoid "medicolegal" issues. MOH staff on site will only verbally declare death.
29 July 2022
An external inquiry agreed that the paramedic who attended to Ipoh teacher Kumaraveloo Terpari “should have done” CPR, but reportedly said the MA wasn't in the "right mindset".
5 July 2022
The Health Ministry's National Committee on Resuscitation Training (NCORT) states in a 2012 guideline: “It is a duty of every doctor to attempt resuscitation on any patients with cardiac arrest.”
27 June 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin says the proposed meeting tomorrow between the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital director and the victim’s brother in the April 13 case can be the “start of the conversation”.