Docs urge govt to tackle overcrowding and for more beds, wards and clinics


KLANG: The extra funds to be pumped into the public healthcare system by year-end must firstly be used to improve facilities in high traffic hospitals to accommodate more patients, says Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah director Dr Zulkarnain Mohd Rawi.

“More wards must be built to take in the extra beds we are in need of. There is so much overcrowding at the moment,” he said.

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