KUALA LUMPUR: A total of two cases of acute gastroenteritis have been recorded at temporary evacuation centres (PPS) as of Monday (Nov 24), says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
The Health Minister said a total of 629 victims were examined at the PPS across the country following the floods incident recently.
“Of the victims treated, there were 78 cases of acute respiratory infection (ARI) recorded followed by 16 cases of skin infections, two cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) and one case of conjunctivitis detected among the victims.
“No victims were referred to hospital and no disease outbreaks were reported among the flood victims at the PPS as of yesterday,” he said in a press conference at the Malaysia International Healthcare (MIH) Megatrends 2025 event here, Tuesday (Nov 25).
Following the recent flash floods in the country, Dzulkefly said the ministry has also deployed emergency medical teams.
This includes the Rapid Assessment Team (RAT), Rapid Response Team (RRT), Medical Emergency Response Team (MERT), and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS).
“These teams will carry out health assessments, provide treatment at PPS, conduct disease surveillance, perform environmental inspections, and deliver psychosocial support for the victims,” he added.
Dzulkefly said a total of 48 emergency medical teams (EMT), comprising 16 RRT and 32 health RRTs, have been deployed to the PPS to provide medical services and disease prevention support to flood victims at the centres.
The Kelantan Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) flood operations room was activated on Sunday (Nov 23) while the CPRC Operations Rooms in Perak and Kedah were activated on Monday, to coordinate requirements in the flood-affected districts.
The State Health Departments (JKN) in Terengganu, Perlis, Penang, and Selangor have not activated their CPRC Flood Operations Rooms yet.
Dzulkefly added that the ministry has activated a comprehensive plan to aid the victims in terms of medical assistance.
“Firstly, we need to ensure that our healthcare services will continue and remain unaffected. We have anticipated the worst and the trend has shown that it is declining, so we need to be prepared.
“We have to ensure that our health facilities, whether at clinics; primary care; as well as hospitals are at the optimum level. This includes ensuring all the alternative facilities are not affected by the flood.
“Thirdly, we need to ensure the logistics and supply are sufficient as well. Medicines are important, as they should last at least for three months,” he added.
Dzulkefly added that he also visited the PPS under his Kuala Selangor constituency Tuesday morning, where flooding had affected 234 families or more than 950 individuals.
As of 3pm Monday, seven states have been affected by floods, namely Kelantan, Perak, Kedah, Perlis, Terengganu, Penang and Selangor.
There has been an increase in the number of flood victims, with 12,834 victims recorded compared with 10,388 victims on the same day.
The number of PPS has also risen to 85 PPS compared with 65 PPS as of 8am the same day.
“A total of nine health facilities have been affected by the floods, comprising three in Kelantan; four in Perak; and two in Perlis.
“Of these nine affected facilities, seven are health clinics; one is a public health clinic, and one is a physiotherapy facility.
‘Eight health facilities are currently non-operational, but services have been relocated to the nearest unaffected health facilities, while one facility remains operational,” he added.
