Health Ministry forms special teams to handle monsoon and flash floods


PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has formed special teams to handle the Northeast monsoon which is expected to hit this weekend.

In a statement, Health Ministry secretary-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said the first two teams will be medical teams who will visit and provide treatment at temporary evacuation centres and another team is expected to monitor, prevent and control diseases at the same time carry out testing operations at the evacuation centres.

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