Average Waiting Time at A&E Department at Each Public Hospital

Debated in Parliament on 3 Jul 2017.

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Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap inquired about the average waiting times at Accident and Emergency Departments from 2013 for emergency non-life-threatening cases and admissions at each public hospital.
Gan Kim Yong responded that median waiting times for non-life-threatening cases averaged 23, 22, 18, and 17 minutes in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 respectively.
For patients requiring admission, median waiting times averaged two hours, 2.3 hours, two hours, and 1.6 hours across the same years.
The Minister noted that hospitals have protocols to ensure care quality despite high demand, with patients being monitored while waiting for admission.
He emphasized that life-threatening cases are prioritized and attended to immediately, with waiting times reflecting emergency department prioritization.

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Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap

Mr Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap asked the Minister for Health in each year from 2013, what is the average waiting time at the Accident and Emergency Department of each of our public hospitals for (i) emergency but non-life-threatening cases and (ii) admission to the hospital.

Gan Kim Yong

Patients at the emergency departments (EDs) are prioritised and attended to based on the severity of their conditions. All life-threatening (P1) cases are attended to immediately. For emergency but non-life-threatening (P2) cases, the median waiting times across the EDs averaged about 23 minutes, 22 minutes, 18 minutes and 17 minutes in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively.

For patients who required admissions, the median waiting time for admission averaged about two hours, 2.3 hours, two hours and 1.6 hours in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively.

Our hospitals have protocols to ensure care is not compromised despite high demand for ED services. Even while patients wait at the EDs for admission, medical teams continue to monitor them and institute appropriate investigations and treatments.

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Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap inquired about the average waiting times at Accident and Emergency Departments from 2013 for emergency non-life-threatening cases and admissions at each public hospital.
Gan Kim Yong responded that median waiting times for non-life-threatening cases averaged 23, 22, 18, and 17 minutes in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 respectively.
For patients requiring admission, median waiting times averaged two hours, 2.3 hours, two hours, and 1.6 hours across the same years.
The Minister noted that hospitals have protocols to ensure care quality despite high demand, with patients being monitored while waiting for admission.
He emphasized that life-threatening cases are prioritized and attended to immediately, with waiting times reflecting emergency department prioritization.

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Average Waiting Time at A&E Department at Each Public Hospital

Debated in Parliament on 3 Jul 2017.

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Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap inquired about the average waiting times at Accident and Emergency Departments from 2013 for emergency non-life-threatening cases and admissions at each public hospital.
Gan Kim Yong responded that median waiting times for non-life-threatening cases averaged 23, 22, 18, and 17 minutes in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 respectively.
For patients requiring admission, median waiting times averaged two hours, 2.3 hours, two hours, and 1.6 hours across the same years.
The Minister noted that hospitals have protocols to ensure care quality despite high demand, with patients being monitored while waiting for admission.
He emphasized that life-threatening cases are prioritized and attended to immediately, with waiting times reflecting emergency department prioritization.

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Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap

Gan Kim Yong

For patients who required admissions, the median waiting time for admission averaged about two hours, 2.3 hours, two hours and 1.6 hours in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively.

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Muhamad Faisal Bin Abdul Manap inquired about the average waiting times at Accident and Emergency Departments from 2013 for emergency non-life-threatening cases and admissions at each public hospital.
Gan Kim Yong responded that median waiting times for non-life-threatening cases averaged 23, 22, 18, and 17 minutes in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 respectively.
For patients requiring admission, median waiting times averaged two hours, 2.3 hours, two hours, and 1.6 hours across the same years.
The Minister noted that hospitals have protocols to ensure care quality despite high demand, with patients being monitored while waiting for admission.
He emphasized that life-threatening cases are prioritized and attended to immediately, with waiting times reflecting emergency department prioritization.

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