Moh Aims To Place Emergency Medical Specialists In All Hospitals In 3 Years

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The Health Ministry aims to place emergency medical specialists at all hospitals within three years.
Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said that to achieve this target, the ministry has begun efforts to place emergency medicine specialists in all hospitals, including non-specialist ones, in stages.
"One of my efforts to make patients, as well as residents, around the hospital want to not just go to a specialist or minor specialist hospital is to place at least two specialists in these hospitals without specialists.
"The first is an EP (emergency physician), trauma specialist while the second is an internal medicine specialist (physician) who will be able to increase the attractiveness for residents (around the hospital) to seek treatment at these hospitals without specialists," he said at a press conference in Tapah today.
Earlier, Dzulkefly attended a meet-and-greet session with healthcare workers of the Batang Padang district at the Tapah Hospital.
He said that the ministry will place emergency medicine specialists in 10 hospitals without specialists nationwide in stages by August 2025 at the latest.
15 hospitals
He said that as of today, the ministry had stationed emergency medicine specialists in 15 hospitals without specialists and district hospitals, namely Jitra, Kuala Nerang, Sik and Yan in Kedah, as well as Sungai Bakap and Balik Pulau in Penang.
Apart from that, other hospitals include Kuala Kangsar in Perak, Sabak Bernam and Kuala Kubu Baharu (Selangor), Alor Gajah and Jasin (Malacca), Cameron Highlands (Pahang), Pasir Mas and Pasir Puteh (Kelantan) as well as Limbang (Sarawak).
Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad (third from left) with Tapah Hospital staff membersDzulkefly said the ministry has also decided to place an emergency medicine specialist at the Tapah Hospital permanently, starting May 1, 2025.
He also announced that the 24-hour emergency service (at Tanjong Malim Health Clinic) will reopen starting April 15, and its implementation will use existing staff through the active on-call system.
Dzulkefly said the decision was made given the high demand from residents in the area.
"I have reinstated or resumed the 24-hour emergency service (Tanjong Malim Health Clinic), so we hope this matter will be resolved because I have reviewed this proposal (reopening the clinic)," he also said.
Before this, the cessation office 24-hour emergency services at the clinic received flak from residents who wanted the service to be reinstated due to the distance to the Slim River Hospital from the area.
- Bernama

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