Ventilator catches fire while attached to patient at KK hospital

A ventilator at the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of Hospital Queen Elizabeth II in Kota Kinabalu caught fire this afternoon, while it was in use by a patient.

Malaysiakini understands that nurses promptly doused the fire with an extinguisher and turned off the oxygen supply to avoid an explosion.

When the local Fire and Rescue Department arrived, the emergency had been averted...