IN VIEW of the growing number of people seeking treatment, it is high time that a new multi-storey hospital is built in Banting to cater to the locals and those from the surrounding areas such as Telok Panglima Garang, Dengkil, and other areas in Sepang.

A new hospital would enable more doctors and medical personnel to be posted here as well as new facilities and the latest medical technology for the benefit of the residents.

At present patients are referred to the Klang Hospital, Universiti Hospital or Kuala Lumpur Hospital for more complicated cases.

This involves a lot of travelling for the patients, which is both costly and time-consuming.

For critical and emergency cases, the ambulance can be seen blaring its sirens all the way from the Banting Hospital to the Klang Hospital about 35km away.

The issue of life and death very much hangs in the balance.

Banting folk will be thankful for an initiative to replace the present hospital.

Source: The Star