Medical Staffs Continue To Serve Public On New Year

Bandar Seri Begawan – Even though most of the government and public sector are enjoying the New Year as a public holiday, many are still depriving themselves of this privilege to make sure that prime public services are readily available.

Foremost among them are the doctors and nurses at the RIPAS hospital.

The Accident and Emergency Department of the RIPAS hospital is always manned 24 hours a day, regardless of holidays and festivities.

And this New Year was certainly not an exception.

According to Siti Noorlizahayati, Staff Nurse at the A & E Department, the department, staffed by nine nurses and three doctors, have received and looked after 53 patients since midnight.

Forty-two of them were classified urgent, which in medical terms can range from coughs and colds to other ailments. Nine were semi-urgent cases such as stomach pains.

Eight casualties have also been brought in as a result of roads accidents. But they only suffered minor injuries.

Yesterday morning recorded a smooth operation in the hospital so far.

Staff Nurse Siti Noorlizahayati said it was perhaps showing the fortunate drawback for the subdued atmosphere last night.

Meanwhile, at the Labour Room, five new faces brightened up the wards especially causing jubilant faces of their parents.

Five babies were born soon after midnight, of whom three were girls and two were boys. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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