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Sabah should have own call centre like Sarawak: How many more Sabah deaths?
Published on: Friday, May 06, 2022
Published on: Fri, May 06, 2022
By: Jimmy Goh, Sherell Jeffrey
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Sabah should have own call centre like Sarawak:  How many more Sabah deaths?
The scene of the incident.
Kota Kinabalu: It appears that the MERS999 system of Sabah emergencies being referred to peninsula before being relayed to Sabah authorities to act has let down Sabahans again.

While on the last occasion four family members were burnt to death due to slow response last September, a 54-year-old succumbed to apparent heart failure for the same reason this time around.

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Lew Kok Fai (inset), 54, a baker from Ipoh, lay helpless in his car in Kolombong for an hour before help finally arrived following a call to MERS 999. 
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