Senior citizen with dislocated shoulder rescued from Gunung Yong Belar

 Manjinder Singh, 63, went on a climb up the mountain with three friends and three guides.

Manjinder Singh was airlifted up a helicopter to be flown to Ipoh to receive treatment this morning. (Fire and rescue department pic)

PETALING JAYA:

 Fire and rescue department personnel today helped a senior citizen who was injured while climbing Gunung Yong Belar and flew him by helicopter to Ipoh for emergency medical treatment.

Perak fire and rescue department assistant operations director Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said they received an emergency call about the incident at 9.03am, Harian Metro reported.

He said an AW139 helicopter was then dispatched from the Bertam air base in Penang to help his crew get to the victim, 63-year-old Manjinder Singh.

According to Sabarodzi, they found that he had dislocated his left shoulder.

“The helicopter airlifted the victim from the site of the incident and sent him to the Sultan Azlan Shah Airport in Ipoh, where he was then taken to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital.

“An emergency medical rescue services ambulance from the Tambun fire and rescue station was sent to the airport to prepare for the victim’s arrival,” he said.

Sabarodzi said the victim reached the hospital at 10.10am.

He added that Manjinder had gone up the mountain with three friends and three guides.

Gunung Yong Belar is on the Titiwangsa mountain range and sits on the border between Kelantan and Perak. - FMT