Equip district hospitals with CT scanners

DURING the Hari Raya Aidil Fitri week, my grandfather who is 82 years old suffered a stroke for the second time. We rushed him to the emergency department of Slim River Hospital where he was brought into the red zone and first-line management was performed immediately. After about 30 minutes, we were told that he would be taken to Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun for a computed tomography (CT) scan.

He was taken there by ambulance and we followed in our own car. After the CT scan was completed, we waited for the neurologist’s review and then went back to Slim River Hospital. Overall, the whole process took about five hours.