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.”
Tag: Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB)
4 July 2022
The Malaysian Association of Medical Assistants tells the Malaysian Medical Association, a doctors' group, not to take sides, saying that MAs hold an oath to save lives.
29 June 2022
Malaysia
HRPB Justified Paramedic Withholding CPR With 15-Minute Cut-Off Point, Says Victim’s Family
Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) admits that its medical assistant’s algor mortis finding in the case of Kumaraveloo Terpari @ Thirupathy was inaccurate.
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”.
24 June 2022
MMA says the death of a teacher in Ipoh, Perak, raises concern on whether proper procedure was followed in the emergency medical response.
24 June 2022
Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital claims its paramedic followed the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia’s guidelines, even though the guidelines do not list algor mortis (body turns cold) as a situation when CPR can be withheld from a cardiac arrest victim.
24 June 2022
Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran says there is a “serious trust deficit” in Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, as he calls for inquiry findings on Kumaraveloo’s case to be made public.
22 June 2022
A medical assistant from Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital’s ambulance team didn’t perform CPR on a man who collapsed or remove him from his car, claiming his body turned cold (algor mortis), despite arriving within 20 minutes from the time of collapse.