The State of Malaysia's Health System and Hospitals By Captain (Retired) KB Chin

 I received the following via email. I am accepting it in good faith. It says it is written by a 73 year old Army Veteran who has sacrificed much and served our country fighting the communist insurgency.

 

The state of Malaysia's Health System and Hospitals

*This is from Capt (Retired) KB Chin, written from his hospital bed*

17th Oct 2021.

 I Could Have Died If I Could Not Find A Hospital Bed.  

On the 5 October at 1.30am I was breathless. My wife and son rushed me to the Emergency Section of the S ____ y Medical Centre. They put me on oxygen and revived me. I had a rude shock when S____ y told me that they have no bed for me. They however told my wife that they will try to help find a bed in other hospitals. I was willing to go to either a private or a public hospital  in the Klang Valley. S____y reported that they have called 13 hospitals but none had a bed for me. Can you imagine the dilemma and anxiety that my wife and I were going thru with those NO VACANCY news.

Luckily, the 14th Hospital, which is the Shah Alam Hospital, was willing to squeeze me in. I was told to rush to their emergency section immediately. At 4.30 am, the ambulance with full siren blasting rushed me to Shah Alam. I am 73 years old, a former  Army  Captain scrambling to find a bed to save my life. 

This is more frightening  than when I started to serve Malaysia as a 21 year old 2nd Lieutenant looking for Communist Terrorist in our jungles.

The doctors finally identified  my sickness as severe pneumonia with lung infection. They found water in my lungs. They drew about two liters of water from it. It was the Shah Alam team of very hardworking young doctors, nurses who saved my life.

I  was discharged on 14 October. I realized the poor and inadequate state of our Medical facilities. I am on a long road to  recovery. I hope our overcrowded hospitals have the equipment, medicine and resources to help me recover.

To those POLITICIANS who have taken Malaysia’s Money, please RETURN the RAKYATS’ MONEY. We need our money to enhance our Medical Services And Facilities Immediately. Some of our Ministers  have the audacity to talk about spending lots of money to renovate their offices and official residence 

The  RAKYAT ARE  SUFFERING.

May I propose that our Ministry of Health provide a WEB SITE dedicated to the following:

• List of Published Rates  for the Standard and Basic Facilities
• Daily Charges at Private Hospitals.
• List of Ambulance Services and their Rates.
• The Real Time Occupancy at Public and Private Hospitals.

I plead to the Young and  Honest Politicians like Syed Saddiq, Rafizi, Hannah, Nurul and Yeoh Bee Yin, to come forward and serve Malaysia.

To all those:  

OLD, RACE & RELIGION Based POLITICIANS :  “GET OUT , WE DONT  WANT  YOU” 

WE, THE RAKYAT ARE SUFFERING.  WE WANT OUR COUNTRY BACK 

Capt ( Rtd) KB Chin

17 Oct 2021

*I drafted this from my hospital bed. Please help, viral it.*

My comments :

Captain Chin, my best wishes for your fastest recovery and good health. My guess is you served with the Rangers (Rejimen Renjer Diraja).

We will not forget our brave soldiers who sacrificed so much to protect our country and our people. 

Tabik Captain.

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.