THE Health Ministry will ensure that the man who was stabbed by a mentally ill patient at Selayang Hospital gets the best treatment.

Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said she, along with Selangor health director Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman, Selayang Hospital director Dr Afidah Ali and a team of doctors attending to the victim, had met the victim’s family.

“This was to explain what had happened and the efforts being made to ensure that the patient is given the best treatment,” she said in her Twitter post today.

Zaliha said an update on the patient’s condition would be conveyed to his family from time to time.

She also said the authorities are investigating the incident.

Earlier, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a tweet, said the stabbing was by a psychiatric patient brought in by the police.

“The Health Ministry will review its standard operating procedure for patients with psychiatric problems,” he said.

“Such incidents can happen anywhere. We need to safeguard our patients in the emergency department and our clinics.” – Bernama, February 15, 2023.