Complaint about Johor hospital did not tell full story, says Ling


Ling speaking to a patient during his visit to Hospital Sultan Ismail in Johor Baru on Thursday (Aug 3).

JOHOR BARU: A complaint that went viral on social media about services at a government hospital here did not tell the full story, says Ling Tian Soon.

The Johor health and unity committee chairman said the assumption that a patient had to wait eight hours for treatment was untrue as she underwent various tests during that time.

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