KUALA LUMPUR: Medical staff at a hospital in Kuala Krai, Kelantan are going beyond their call of duty in ensuring the medical facility remains functioning in the face of mother nature's wrath.
A tale of courage is taking place as the medical staff at the Kuala Krai Hospital have set aside their own safety, comfort and needs in taking care of their patients and keep the hospital running.
Dr Adibah Abdullah an Anesthesialogist stranded at the hospital with hundreds of other medical staffs and patients said that water continues to rise and there is no help coming to assist them, as the rising water level and strong currents are preventing any rescue for the moment.
She says there is no electricity supply for the whole of Kuala Krai and the hospital is utilising its generator to ensure there is continued power supply in the hospital.
"It (generator) may last any where between 24 and 48 hours with usage," she said.
Her conversation with her alumni mates in a messaging group took place on Wednesday and was made available to the New Straits Times today.
Dr Adibah said that telecommunications are also not reliable and is failing due to the rising and severity of flood waters.
"The land line is not functioning anymore, Maxis and Digi are also not connecting and only Celcom was is still barely working," she said.
Even as medical supplies dwindle and the situation remains grim, the medical staffs are not deserting their posts, instead are facing the challenge and their task head on.
"Oxygen supplies are dwindling ... may have to evacuate patients by helicopter
"My staffs are working round the clock ... they are working non-stop," she said in her conversation.
Despite the hospital being plunged into darkness due to the flood waters, Dr Adibah said they still need to cook for hundreds of patients.
"The kitchen has plunged into a darkness ... in order to cook for hundreds, we had search for torch lights from the wards, from the operating theatre, from the Intensive care unit," Dr Adibah said.
"We as anesthesialogist have to worry about the intensive care unit patient attached to the breathing machine," she worries.
She adds that other hospitals such as those in Kota Baru and in Kubang Kerian are full and is unsure as to where the patients will be sent.
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