Gov't getting more ambulances in effort to reduce Covid-19 patients dying at home

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The Health Ministry is in discussions to hire 100 ambulances for a long-term period of between six months and a year, Health Ministry secretary-general Shafiq Abdullah said.This was an effort by the ministry to overcome the shortage of existing ambulances in the Klang Valley and to finalise the procurement of 460 ambulances through open tender.He said the ministry was also modifying vans, including outfitting them with minimum medical equipment such as oxygen cylinders to enable them to be used to transport patients to quarantine and Covid-19 low-risk treatment centres and hospitals."It is hoped the move would assist save more lives and reduced the rate of brought in dead (BID)," he told a press conference yesterday.Also present were Health Minister Dr Adham Baba, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, deputy Health director-general Dr Chong Chee Kheong and…