BUS ACCIDENT ANALYSIS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN GENTING HIGHLANDS

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (Bernama) -- Highway safety and medical experts will

combine their knowledge towards overcoming and preventing accidents at the

''Multi-agency and Interdepartmental Critical Analysis of Bus Accidents''

conference in Genting Highlands on June 25 and 26.

There will be representatives from the Road Safety Council, Home Ministry,

Road Transport Department, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Hospital, Universiti

Sains Malaysia Hospital, University Malaya Medical Centre, Health Ministry,

Public Land Transportation Commission and the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety

Research at the event.

The conference, being held for the first time, is being organised by the

National Safety Council (MKN) in collaboration with the Malaysian Society for

Traumatology and Emergency Medicine (MASTEM) and Genting Malaysia Berhad, to

find the best solution to overcome issues related to road accidents, including

road safety aspects at accident prone areas.

Traumatology Senior Consultant and Head of Kuala Lumpur Hospital Emergency

Department Professor Datuk Seri Dr Abu Hassan Asaari Abdullah said the

conference was being held following an accident involving an express bus at

KM4.5 of the Genting Highlands road on March 5, which claimed two lives and

injured 22, as well as other road accident deaths.

"This conference involves experts from various departments to carry out an

in-depth analysis of the bus accident management system and will provide more

comprehensive steps for the future," he told reporters here, today.

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Dr Abu Hassan said the conference would also focus on communication aspects

between the agencies involved to improve their response and prevention

activities in facing accident risks based on past cases.

Based on the current ratio, 28 to 38 people out of every 100,000 Malaysian

citizens are bound to face accidents everyday.

He said the conference would be a platform to increase the quality of

immediate responses during accidents, especially bus accidents.

"We have called experts who are experienced in this field and every

suggestion will be formally proposed and put forward to reduce the current

accident rate," he said.

The conference is scheduled to be launched by the Minister in the Prime

Minister''s Department, Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz.

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