Bomba conducts medevac for climber who broke leg on Gunung Tahan


GUA MUSANG: The air unit of the Fire and Rescue Department conducted a medical evacuation (medevac) to take a climber who broke his leg on Gunung Tahan to the Gua Musang Hospital here yesterday.

Subang Bomba air base public relations officer Deputy Supt II Mohd Hasrizal Kamaruzzaman said the patient, Islahudian Abd Rahim, 41, was flown out using a Agusta Westland AW139 aircraft at 5.20pm.

"The patient is believed to have climbed Gunung Tahan with four others.

"They climbed the mountain in Merapoh and were expected to descend via Gunung Tahan, but when they reached the descending route in Gedong, the man broke his leg and could not walk," he said in a statement here on Wednesday (May 10).

Mohd Hasrizal said the aircraft landed at the Gua Musang Fire and Rescue Station at 5.40pm and the patient was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.

"The operation was led by Senior Fire Superintendant Mohd Zukhairee Zabidi with four crew members. All arrived safely at the Subang airbase at 6.40pm," he said. – Bernama

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