Call for more women emergency responders 


By ANDY LO
Gooi (centre), flanked by Chuah and Prof Dr Haron (right) looking at an AED contributed to the state. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

Penang needs more women emergency responders to help bridge the gender gap in life-saving intervention, says state health committee chairman Daniel Gooi Zi Sen.

Citing bystander hesitation, he said modesty concerns could prevent men from assisting a woman suffering sudden cardiac arrest in public.

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