Many old hospitals have fire risks, including the 138-year-old Hospital Sultanah Aminah, which experienced a deadly fire as seen in this 2016 filepic.
Healthcare professionals put their heart and soul into ensuring that the care to patients is delivered as safely as possible, being fully aware of the ethos “Primum non cere”, which is Latin for “First do no harm”.
Many are also probably aware of British paediatric nephrologist Prof Dr Sir Cyril Chantler’s statement in 1998 that “Medicine used to be simple, ineffective and relatively safe.
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