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Spike in brought-in-dead cases: Lack of awareness and access to 999 blamed
The number of Covid-19 patients being brought in dead (BID) has increased due to the public’s lack of awareness of how to track their symptoms while self-isolating at home and the current inaccessibility to emergency medical services.
This is according to the Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia’s Response and Relief Team (Imaret) Covid-19 task force coordinator Dr Ahmad Munawwar Helmi Salim, who has been volunteering with his team to assist the frontliners at the Covid-19 Assessment Centres (CACs)...
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