Health minister admits scale of problem facing emergency departments at public hospitals

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Health minister admits scale of problem facing emergency departments at public hospitals
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa admitted today that emergency departments at public hospitals are severely overwhelmed, suggesting that immediate action...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa admitted today that emergency departments at public hospitals are severely overwhelmed, suggesting that immediate action is needed to resolve the severe manpower and equipment shortages besetting most public hospitals.

“Frontline staff here are struggling because patients who were supposed to be admitted were stuck in ED. Delays in admissions have an adverse domino effect,” she wrote. Another 80 per cent of the respondents said they felt overworked and underpaid, while 74 per cent said they suffered from burn out. More than three-fifths of respondents also said they were skeptical of the prospect of career progression.

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