The Gabungan Rakyat Sabah-Barisan Nasional (GRS-BN) State Government is considering establishing Sabah’s own emergency call centre, following a string of blunders by the centrallised MERS 999 that had cost several lives and properties of Sabahans
KOTA KINABALU: Calls for Sabah to have an emergency call centre based in the state are intensifying following an incident where a man tragically died after suffering a heart attack as paramedics only responded an hour after a call was made.
KOTA KINABALU, May 7 Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) renewed its call to the government to set up its own call centre for Sabah to ensure fast and efficient response in emergency situations. Presently, calls to the Malaysia Emergeny Response Services 999 (MERS 999) system of Sabah are relayed to.
KOTA KINABALU: An ambulance was unable to respond immediately to an emergency situation here as they were unable to obtain the exact location of the patient due to a dropped call, says the Sabah Health Department.