Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are designed for use in public-access settings to deliver an electric shock to revive a person suffering from cardiac arrest. (Wikipedia pic)PETALING JAYA: Public places in Sarawak will be given two to three years to install automated external defibrillators (AEDs) following amendments to the Sarawak Building Ordinance 1994.
Sarawak deputy premier Dr Sim Kui Hian said the requirement, which came into force on May 15, would be implemented progressively to give operators time to make the necessary financial allocations.
“I urge all public places, including shopping centres, government buildings and increasingly, apartment buildings, to start looking into this,” The Borneo Post reported him as saying.
