Mercy flight: Fire and Rescue Dept airlifts Orang Asli girl to hospital


GUA MUSANG: The Air Unit of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) conducted a medical evacuation flight (medevac) to bring an Orang Asli girl from Pos Balar here for treatment at the Gua Musang Hospital on Monday (Jan 23).

The department's Subang air base public relations officer Deputy Supt II Mohd Hasrizal Kamaruzzaman said the 15-month-old Herissya Hefly, who was down with shortness of breath, cough and flu over the past three days, was accompanied by her mother Tijah Enda, 22, and two nurses from Gua Musang Hospital in the flight.

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