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Fourteen Malaysians and three foreigners have been identified as at 11am today from among the 30 bodies of victims of a Genting Highlands bus accident brought to Kuala Lumpur Hospital for post-mortem, Health deputy director-general Dr S Jeyaindran said.

Of the 14 Malaysians, 11 were Chinese, two were Malays and one was a Sikh while the foreigners were a Bangladeshi, a Nepalese and a South Korean, he said.   

“Of the 30 bodies on which the post-mortem was done up to 11am today, 22 were male and eight female,” he told a news conference at the hospital.

Dr Jeyaindran said six bodies had been claimed by relatives.

The HKL Forensic Unit is expected to complete the post-mortem on seven more bodies by this afternoon.

Dr Jeyaindran said the 16 people rescued from the crash site were in stable condition.

“Five are being treated at HKL. Three of them are Malaysians, one is a Bangladeshi and one a Thai. The Thai national and one of the Malaysians are under intensive care,” he said.  

Eight others were under treatment at the Selayang Hospital, he said, adding that three of them were Malaysians, three were Bangladeshis and two were Indonesians, he said.

He also said that a Malaysian and a South Korean were being treated at the Sungai Buloh Hospital while an Indonesian was at the Bentong Hospital.  

Dr Jeyaindran said no victim had died on the way to the hospital or while under treatment at these hospitals.

“This shows that all medical personnel have done a good job. The post-mortem also was efficiently conducted within 24 hours,” he added.

When asked about the names of all the victims of the accident, Dr Jeyaindran said the hospitals could not reveal them and that the police would do so.  

Head of the Department of Emergency and Trauma, Prof Dr Abu Hassan Asaari, said 39 medical specialists and four counselling officers were being stationed at HKL throughout the exercise.   

“We also need to attend to the family members of the victims and give them strength to accept what has befallen their loved ones.  

“We fear that if they go unattended, there could be long-term depression. So, we will try to lessen the impact with post-traumatic stress disorder treatment,” he said.

Thirty-seven people died and 16 were injured after the bus crashed into a 60-metre ravine at Km3.5 of Jalan Genting Highlands at 2.22pm yesterday as it was descending from the hill resort.

- Bernama