Health Ministry mulls extended hours at govt clinics to prevent crowding at emergency departments

PUTRAJAYA: Extended operations hours for health clinics (klinik kesihatan) is among the solutions that the Health Ministry is mulling to prevent crowding at Emergency Departments at hospitals, once there are sufficient resources.

Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa (pic) said while citing the Auditor-General’s 2019 report that the wait time at emergency departments usually took longer than six hours.