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Penang State Health, Welfare and Caring Society chairman YB Phee Boon Poh was invited launching the Malaysian Red Crescent (MRC) Society 24-hour ambulance service for the Chinese New Year festive period at the society’s Penang branch operation office in Permatang Tinggi.

Phee said three ambulances would be put on standby between Jan 23 and Jan 31.  Some 300 Red Crescent members are involved during the period and they will be stationed along state roads on the island, north, central and south Seberang Prai.

The ambulances will be equipped with the Hospital Emergency Ambulance Radio Link system to enable members on duty to communicate with hospitals, St John Ambulance, civil defence and other emergency medical services.

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The Penang MRCS branch received an ambulance worth RM150,000 from Renesas Semiconductor (M) Sdn Bhd which was the main sponsor for the society’s Fund Raising Dinner 2008 held at Equatorial Hotel Penang.

The dinner, which were graced by Penang Governor Yang diPertua Negeri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas and his consort Toh Puan Majimor Shariff, raised over RM100,000 in ticket sales.

MRCS Penang branch chairman Ir. Saw Ewe Yong said the society had provided a 12-hour ambulance service in Bukit Mertajam since February last year and intended to expand it to a 24-hour service and to Penang island in the near future.

TENAGA Nasional Bhd has been told to expedite the repair of street lamps, especially in rural areas in the Bagan constituency to reduce snatch theft cases.  Bagan Dalam assemblyman P.K. Subbaiyah said many residents claimed that TNB and the Seberang Prai Municipal Council were slow to react to their complaints.

“The authorities concerned should take days and not months to process the applications for new streetlights as well as to repair the faulty ones. There are still many poorly-lit areas such as Hujung Batu, Lorong Kubor and Kampung Benggali in my area,” he said after launching Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) Butterworth’s 24-hour ambulance services for the Chinese New Year festival recently.

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The Malaysian Red Crescent Society Penang Branch has successfully started the 12hrs Ambulance Service on 15th February 2007. Currently we have four full time staffs working 12 hours a day. The full time staff work from Monday to Saturday and our Volunteers from VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) volunteer their services on Sunday.

The service operates on a 12 hour basis from 7.00am to 7.00pm stationed at Permatang Tinggi, Seberang Perai Tengah with a container as a base cum office. This location was selected based on its strategic location between two hospitals namely Bukit Mertajam Hospital (SPT) and Sungai Bakap Hospital (SPS). It is also located near the Industrial Park and the North-South Highway.

Our ambulances communicate via the PEARL Network (two way radio) which connects all government hospitals and its ambulances together with other ambulance service providers such as Malaysian Red Crescent Society. The public just need to call 999 and the operator will connect them to the nearest Hospital, and the Hospital concerned will locate the ambulance nearest to the place of accident. Its aim is to cut down the response time. The public can also call us through our direct line 04-5880088. As to date we had responded to an average of 3 cases a day.

WITH an expected increase of accident cases during the Chinese New Year period, the Central and South Seberang Prai Malaysian Red Crescent Society has put three ambulances on a 24-hour standby mode for emergency services.

Central and South Seberang Prai Malaysian Red Crescent Society chairman Dr Yang Yit Min said there would be at least a 30% increase in accident cases during the festive period. “These ambulances along with 30 members would compliment the emergency services rendered by Government hospitals.”

“We will be concentrating more on the trunk roads and will make our services available for any emergencies,” he said before the launching the 24-hour service ambulances at Berapit assemblyman YB Lau Chiek Tuan’s service centre in Bukit Mertajam on Thursday.

The 30-member day team works in three shifts for eight days starting Thursday till Feb 22. The service will now be available from 4pm on Feb 17 till 12 midnight on Feb 19. “This is the eighth year we are providing this service and it will cover the area from Nibong Tebal to Seberang Jaya.”

“Our communication system will be connected to the Seberang Jaya Hospital, Sungai Bakap Hospital and Bukit Mertajam Hospital. We will be communicating via the Penang Emergency Area Radio Link (PEARL),” he said.