MOH seeking solutions to overcrowding in hospitals


Ravin Palanisamy

A closure notice of the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital emergency department due to high patient load. The Health Ministry is discussing directions on staffing and having more beds to resolve issues of overcrowding at government hospital emergency departments. – Twitter pic, February 6, 2023.

THE Health Ministry is discussing directions on staffing and having more beds to resolve issues of overcrowding at government hospital emergency departments, Dr Zaliha Mustafa said.

The health minister said that upon her team’s visit to a busy emergency department at a large quaternary hospital last week, they found that most issues arose because of delayed admission. 


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