KUALA LUMPUR: It is now compulsory for private hospitals to report all deaths during anaesthetic, surgical and other medical procedures to the Health Ministry’s director-general within 72 hours of the incident, said Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
He said the reports would be studied by the National Mortality Assessment Committee whose members would be appointed by director-general Tan Sri Dr Ismail Merican.
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