GUA MUSANG – The Fire and Rescue Department’s air unit conducted a medevac to take a climber who suffered a broken leg on Gunung Tahan to Gua Musang Hospital here yesterday.
The department’s Subang air base public relations officer, Mohd Hasrizal Kamaruzzaman, said the patient, Islahudian Abd Rahim, 41, was flown out using an AgustaWestland AW139 helicopter at 5.20pm.
“The patient is believed to have climbed Gunung Tahan with four friends consisting of three men and one woman.
“They climbed the mountain in Merapoh and were expected to descend via Gunung Tahan, but when they reached the descending route in Gedong, the man suffered a broken leg and had trouble walking,” he said in a statement here today.
Hasrizal said the helicopter landed at the Gua Musang Fire and Rescue station at 5.40pm, and the patient was taken to hospital with a Health Ministry ambulance.
“The operation was led by senior Fire superintendent Mohd Zukhairee Zabidi with four crew members. All of them arrived safely at the Subang air base at 6.40pm,” he said. – Bernama, May 10, 2023
