Cover image via NSTEarlier on 3 January, Joseph Kulip, a 54-year-old government paramedic, onboard AirAsia flight, was returning to Kuala Terengganu after the holidays. While onboard, the Kadazan native from Tambunan, Sabah answered an SOS call when a 24-year-old ethnic Dusun woman passenger went into fits, slumping in her seat as the aircraft cruised some 30,000ft over the South China Sea.
After a fellow male passenger seated beside the victim alerted cabin crew, who then addressed the passengers for the need of a doctor or a paramedic onboard to attend to the sick passenger. But when no one responded, Kulip summoned enough courage to volunteer, he told NST.
"Despite knowing well, the accountability and liability involved should something untoward happen to the victim following my intervention," added the Principal Assistant Medical Officer at the Terengganu Health Department.
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