Fire and rescue authorities would undoubtedly agree that no fire is small, especially when it involves a hospital where the care and safety of patients are entrusted to those providing health care services.
Medivest, appointed without open tender from 2015 to 2025, didn’t buy insurance for Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA); the fatal 2016 fire cost the government RM8.9 million.
An independent investigation found that South ICU staff were not trained in fire drills or emergency evacuation, leading to the deaths of six HSA patients in a blaze on October 25, 2016.