KUALA LUMPUR – The Health Ministry will begin procuring more negative pressure ambulances to ferry Covid-19 patients to treatment centres.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Adham Baba said negative pressure ambulances are important, especially in locations with high numbers of Covid-19 cases.
“We will begin with the tender for 500 units of this type of ambulance, and for other ambulances, we will use the leasing system according to zones.
“This is so that logistics issues concerning Covid-19 patients can be resolved,” he said at the handover ceremony of the first negative pressure ambulance for Covid-19 patients held at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang quarantine and low-risk treatment centre here today.
The ambulance and two other regular ambulances were handed over by Weststar Group Automotive Division chief executive officer Syed Muhammad Ammar Syed Azman.
Besides having a negative pressure system, the ambulance is also fitted with a Hepa filter and ultraviolet lights, which provide protection against infectious diseases, especially airborne ones.
The Hepa filtration system and UV light clean the air and trap the virus, preventing it from spreading.
The ambulance is equipped with an isolation chamber made from special TPU film and strengthened by ABS poles along each side of the structure.
Both the ambulance cabin and isolation chamber are fitted with a safety alarm that alerts medical personnel of any air leakages so they can take the appropriate actions. – Bernama, June 19, 2021
