Ambulance unable to respond immediately due to dropped call, says Sabah health chief


KOTA KINABALU: An ambulance was unable to respond immediately to an emergency situation here as they were unable to obtain the exact location of the patient due to a dropped call, says the Sabah Health Department.

Sabah Health director Dr Rose Nani Mudin was responding to a report where a man who suffered a heart failure did not receive immediate attention and eventually died on Wednesday (May 4).

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