GUA MUSANG: The Fire and Rescue Department's Air Unit conducted a medical evacuation flight (Medevac) by flying seven Orang Asli from Pos Gob and Pos Bihai here for treatment at the Gua Musang Hospital yesterday (Jan 1).
The Fire and Rescue Department's Subang Central Region public relations officer, Assistant Fire Superintendent Mohd Rizzan Jefri said the patients, consisting of four children and three women, including two who are pregnant, were air lifted to the hospital using a Mi-171 aircraft.
"The aircraft departed for Pos Bihai at 2.30pm to pick up two children who had high fever and were in a weak state before going to Pos Gob at 5.20pm to pick up a girl and a woman.
"The crew then flew again to Kampung Tembaga, Pos Gob, to bring two pregnant women and a boy to the hospital," he said in a statement today (Jan 2).
He said the Medevac flight was conducted while the crew was carrying out an operation to deliver food aid to the interior areas of the Orang Asli settlement.
"After the aircraft landed at the Gua Musang Fire and Rescue Station at 6.30 pm, all the patients were taken in ambulances to the hospital, while the crew continued with the mission of delivering food aid to the Orang Asli community in the interior areas of Gua Musang," he added. — Bernama