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DPM: NADMA played a vital role in managing Kuala Koh incident

DPM: NADMA played a vital role in managing Kuala Koh incident

KUALA LUMPUR: The involvement of the National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) in handling the measles outbreak in Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, has helped the agency in playing its role in formulating a more effective disaster management strategy, instruction and action plan.

Speaking at the Dewan Rakyat today, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said Kuala Koh incident was classified as Disaster Level One, and was managed in line with the disaster management culture encompassing preparedness, response and rehabilitation and mitigation to reduce the impact.

“NADMA will also carry out a post-mortem on the incident to study and identify room for improvement in the management of future cases,” she said during question time.

Wan Azizah said this in a reply to Syed Ibrahim Syeh Noh (Pakatan Harapan-Ledang) who wanted to know the extent and effectiveness of NADMA’s involvement during the Kuala Koh incident and its role in ensuring that such a disaster would not happen in other districts.

Elaborating, the deputy prime minister said among NADMA’s roles during the disaster was to formulate a disaster management strategy through technical discussions at the operational and strategic levels to prevent the situation from getting worse.

Bernama