PETALING JAYA: Almost half the medical equipment at the Armed Forces military hospitals in Lumut and Terendak had exceeded their shelf life, according to the 2013 Auditor-General's Report.
Audits were conducted on 1,323 types of medical equipment worth RM56.66mil at the two hospitals.
According to the “Estimated Useful Lives of Depreciable Hospital Assets” study by the American Hospital Association, hospital equipment had an average shelf life of 10 years depending on type and sensitivity.
However, the audit found that 332 (25%) types of equipment in the two hospitals were more than 15 years and 227 (17%), worth RM6.22mil, were between 10 and 15 years.
It said 764 (58%) types of equipment, worth RM41.35mil, were less than 10 years old.
It added that if the study was taken into account, both the hospitals were operating with 42% of equipment that was past its shelf life.
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