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Ambulance on call crashes
Heart patient and four others injured
[ MALACCA ] A 69-year-old heart patient has more to worry about now than
her heart.
She suffered head injuries when the ambulance that was taking her to the
National Heart Institute (IJN) was involved in an accident at Km204.1
of the North-South Expressway close to the Ayer Keroh interchange.
The patient has been warded again at the Malacca Hospital for treatment--
hours after the same hospital referred her to IJN.
The patient's 27-year-old daughter who accompanied her, the ambulance
driver, a staff nurse and a community nurse, where also inured, in the
12.30pm incident.
it is believed that the ambulance skidded after a tyre burst.
Malacca Hospital director Dr Abu Bakar Mohamud said the injured victims,
including the heart patient were in stable condition, while the community
nurse, who suffered light injures was given out-patient treatment.
All the victims were conscious when they arrived at the hospital, he said.
"The patient's daughter heard a loud sound seconds before the ambulance
crashed," he said.
The ambulance left the hospital at about 11am sending the patient to IJN
for further examination and treatment.
[ 9-May-2006 THE STAR ] |