Among the health ministry's measures to reduce congestion at major hospitals was its outsourcing programme, which has benefitted more than 50,000 public hospital patients since its introduction in 2024, said minister Dzulkefly Ahmad.PETALING JAYA: The health ministry's efforts to ease overcrowding and reduce patient waiting time in public healthcare facilities are showing positive results, said minister Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Dzulkefly said that, as of June, 71.8% of major hospitals across the country reported an average waiting time of less than eight hours for patients in emergency departments to be admitted.
The health minister said this was an improvement from just 55% for these Type 1 and 2 hospitals last year, Bernama reported.
