KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 12 -- Only 34.1 per cent of emergency ambulance responses in Malaysia met the target time of under 15 minutes for critical cases last year, missing the government's 50 per cent benchmark, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad told Parliament this morning.

Speaking during Question Time, Dzulkefly acknowledged that response times for life-threatening emergencies fell short of target and said the ministry's director-general is leading a comprehensive review.

"Our nationwide achievement for these cases stood at only 34.1 per cent last year, which is still below what we set," he said.

"I, together with the Health director-general, am reviewing this issue as we have yet to meet our key performance indicator targets, w...