Medical evacuation helps Orang Asli boy get treatment

Helping save lives: Medevac allows the Orang Asli to get treatment. — Pic from Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department Air Unit

GUA MUSANG: The Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Air Unit undertook a medical evacuation (medevac) operation for an Orang Asli boy from Kampung Bihai Lama, Pos Bihai, to receive treatment at Hospital Gua Musang.

According to the JBPM Air Base public relations officer in Penang, Assistant Fire Superintendent Muhammad Akmaluddin Said, two-year-old Arafel Danas Addy, who experienced breathing difficulties, and his mother Sawana John, 33, were evacuated using the Agusta Westland 139 helicopter at 12.09pm on Saturday.