“MALAYSIA’S Public healthcare is in a critical state. Something needs to be done.”
That was the simple and direct proclamation by X user Malay Guy #TolakKerajaanZalim (@MatMalay) who recounted first-hand experience of attempting to get an ambulance for his 88-year-old patriarch who was suffering shortness of breath and had a history of heart ailments.
After waiting an hour, the obviously stressed poster was duly informed that there were no ambulances available. Taking matters into his own hands, he drove his father to the Sungai Buloh Hospital emergency ward.
Tagging both prime minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, the self-proclaimed green tech addict wondered if the Madani government “still want to cut healthcare budget” as part of a belt tightening exercise amid the current global energy crisis.
The poster did not hold back when he went on to demand for answers as to why public health was in such a poor state.
Declaring that citizens should not have to pay for education and healthcare, he insinuated that budget cuts to this essential sector was to enrich private healthcare cartels.
The poster also provided further updates which included other patients in the emergency ward complaining of unavailability of ambulances. The doctors on duty were also grumbling about facilities, salary and work environment.
Malay Guy further lamented that despite being in the hospital for over 24 hours, his father remained in the “yellow zone” as no beds were available.
This was when the hugely irate poster suggested that the Health Minister be made to endure a “three-day, three-night stay in a public hospital to experience first-hand just how terrible the health service is”.
Pointing to other comments in the thread, the poster lamented 0f many similar experiences of shoddy treatment at public hospitals with plenty of complaints about long waits for ambulances.
30 minutes should be the maximum waiting time to give the patient a fighting chance of survival. “Did citizens’ lives mean so little to those in power,” he tagged the Health Ministry (MOH) for good measure.
As a solution, the concerned citizen suggested that all ministers, state assemblymen, MPs and civil servants only be allowed to receive treatment in public hospitals. Only then will the nation’s healthcare improve, it was declared.
Editor’s Note: As of Day 3 which is today (May 7), Malay Guy claimed that his father “has yet to be admitted to the ward and has to be confined in the yellow zone corridor!”
“If your elderly dad has to go through this, what would you think?” he asked.
Interestingly, the poster is not alone as other commenters also shared similar experiences. One recounted how her elderly grandmother passed away enroute to hospital after waiting an hour for the ambulance to arrive.
Another shocking example was shared by a commenter who had to wait from 7am till 7pm for an ambulance to take her unconscious mother from the Ampang hospital to another hospital for a CT (computed tomography) scan. The excuse – system down.
Always keep private ambulance contact details handy. Sharing the unfortunate incident where the commenter’s brother-in-law passed away due to lack of ambulances, it was regretted that there was only one emergency vehicle servicing both Shah Alam and Klang hospitals at that crucial hour.
“This was third-world level healthcare!” the commenter hit out.
The longer it goes on, the worse it gets. Reflecting growing public dissatisfaction, one commenter wished the nation’s leaders would stop politicising trivial issues and focus on solving real problems.
Below are more real-life experiences with some unfortunately ended up in death due to the delay of ambulance service.
These aren’t isolated incidences. The examples are plentiful. Malaysian public healthcare is in a desperate state.
As the poster concluded, a nation can only prosper when education and healthcare of citizens are prioritised. Otherwise, the nation will become “backward, corrupt and gestapo-like because the citizens are sick and stupid”. – May 7, 2026
- focus malaysia
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