Hospital emergency depts need sustainable system to ease congestion, ministry told


PETALING JAYA: Hospital directors must set up a sustainable and effective system to address congestion at emergency departments, says former Health deputy director-general Datuk Dr Christopher Lee.

He said in a tweet on Monday (Jan 23) that such congestion is a recurring issue.

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