Ximplicity v2.0

2 major accidents in 5 days, i hope i’m not cursed by the accident devil…what happened yesterday evening was we’re on the way to Bandar Utama Centrepoint and then Tropicana Club House

at the SONY flyover right before NKVE toll, it was a long queue at the traffic light as usual, and we’re the last car in the queue.

out from nowhere while we’re sien-ing sitting in the car waiting for the traffic light, this McDonald delivery boy rammed onto my friend’s car boot. goodness… the impact was so great i thought it was actually one of the cars behind can’t brake in time and rammed onto us, i never thought that it was actually a motorbike.

however, compared to the accident i had on friday night, yesterday’s was 100,000,000 times scarier, the reason why i realized it was a motorbike was because the delivery boy actually flew at least 10 feet before hitting the ground, if you know where where i’m talking about, you’ll know that it’s in fact a blady 4-lanes driveway, we’re a blady STATIONED and NON-MOVING object, yet he can still rammed onto us. in the end, he was there lying on the ground in the middle of the 4-lanes driveway beside his damaged bike, leg broken, blood everywhere.. Luckily the cars were pretty slow as it’s rush hour, else the cars on that lane would’ve ran over him and killed him on the spot..

while waiting for the ambulance to arrive at the scene, the vctim was there lying, crying in pain, holding on to whoever’s hand that’s comforting him. thinking about what happened yesterday made my knees weak, and realize how fragile human body can be, because it is not very often you can see a broken leg swaying like it’s not connected to the thigh..

anyway, yesterday’s incident made me a damn sad fact about our 999 service.. i realized that it’s a blady call centre, instead of a dispatch centre. here’s the conversation i had with the emergency operator:

Me: Hi, i need an ambulance immediately, i’m at NKVE Sony flyover before Damansara Toll
999: Hi, this is so and so, what did you say?
Me: i need an ambulance immediately!! i’m at NKVE Sony flyover before Damansara Toll!!
999: ok ok, talk slowly, can i know what happened?
Me: we had an accident, i’m at NKVE Sony flyover before Damansara Toll, i need an ambulance, NOW!
999: ok, you had an accident
Me: YES !
999: so you need an ambulance
Me: YES! PLEASE! NOW!
999: so where are you now?
Me: I’M AT NKVE, SONY FLYOVER, BEFORE DAMANSARA TOLL!!!
999: ok sir, cool down, where you want the victim to be sent to?
Me: ANY NEAREST HOSPITAL LA!!! (asking around where’s the nearest hospital) PANTAI!! TTDI PANTAI!!!
999: ok sir, i’ll connect to Pantai for you
Me: OK! QUICK!!
999: (after 5 seconds) sorry sir, we don’t have the number for pantai, can i get you HUKM TTDI?
Me: WHATEVER !!! AS LONG AS YOU CAN GET US AN AMBULANCE!
999: ok sir, i will transfer you to HUKM now
Me: transfer !? not you send ambulance?
999: please wait, i’m transferring you to HUKM now, thank you for calling 999
Mr: …. (what the fuck, hotel ka?)

xxxxxx

moments later, i was on the phone with HUKM Emergency

HUKM: HUKM, yes?
Me: HUKM right? we had an accident, i need an ambulance, i’m at NKVE, Sony Flyover, before Damansara Toll
HUKM: Yes?
Me: we had an accident, i need an ambulance, i’m at NKVE, Sony Flyover, before Damansara Toll
HUKM: Apa tu?
Me: I SAID, WE HAD AN ACCIDENT, WE NEED AN AMBULANCE, WE’RE AT NKVE, SONY FLYOVER, BEFORE DAMANSARA TOLL! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
HUKM: har? nanti nanti..
Me: …. (what the fuck)
HUKM: (The phone was passed to someone else) Yes, this is so and so, how to help you?
Me: WE HAD AN ACCIDENT, WE’RE AT NKVE, SONY FLYOVER, BEFORE DAMANSARA TOLL! WE NEED AN AMBULANCE NOW OR THE VICTIM WILL DIE !
HUKM: ok, accident, where are you?
Me: N.K.V.E !!!! SONY FLYOVER !!! BEFORE DAMANSARA TOLL !!!
HUKM: N.K.V.E??
Me: the LDP Section connecting to NKVE, before damansara toll, Tropicana Entrance, Sony Flyover, do you know where?
HUKM: err… not really, it’s ok, so you are at LDP?
Me: YES ! SONY FLYOVER, BEFORE DAMANSARA TOLL.
HUKM: how many victims?
Me: ONE !!
HUKM: ok
Me: thanks, QUICK!

in fact, the conversation with HUKM was much longer, some of the details i’ve forgotten, but it took me quite a while to tell them where were we. ish..

how could the national emergency hot line is NOT a dispatch centre? still ask where we want to send the victim, DO YOU THINK WE HAVE THE MOOD TO THINK whether HUKM better, or PANTAI better? or maybe ASSUNTA? goodness ! anywhere that has a doctor who can handle trauma and emergency will do la !! just give me a blady ambulance ! and what is the standard protocol anyway? and blady hell, why the fuck do i need to explain TWICE what happened? and please, can the operator be someone who can understand Chinese, English, Malay or better still, Tamil? someone better make our 999 a better service.

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it’s all settled now, the McD Delivery boy is still now in HUKM TTDI, and according to the police sergeant, he has not wakeup after the operation. we’re all praying hard for him to get well soon.

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and lastly, YOU BLADY ONLOOKERS, NEXT TIME FUCK OFF AND LET THE AMBULANCE THROUGH LA !

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