Growing ageing population and increase in NCD cases reason for bed shortage

KLANG: A growing ageing population as well as an increase in the number of non-communicable cases have resulted in a serious shortage of beds in almost all public hospitals.

Klang Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) director Dr Zulkarnain Mohd Rawi said this was a serious ongoing problem plaguing public hospitals and the government must do something immediately to improve the situation.