Ampang Hospital thrown into chaos again by IT glitch, as questions surround RM29 million eHIS contract

There has been chaos and confusion at Ampang Hospital as medical staff and patients bore the brunt of yet another breakdown of its computer system, forcing a switch to manual methods that have slowed treatment procedures since yesterday.

The Hospital Information System (eHIS) stopped working at around noon yesterday and continued at press time, in what is the longest glitch since a similar incident on April 23 which lasted more than 30 hours, disrupting patient admissions, blood test procedures and drug prescriptions for several days, and causing the postponement of treatments.

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