More hospitals for Covid-19 patients in Kedah
January 20, 2021
ALOR SETAR – Three more Health Ministry (MOH) hospitals in Kedah are being used as COVID-19 treatment hospitals to accommodate the increase in patients at Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital (HSB), here now.
State Health and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mohd Hayati Othman said the hospitals were Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital (HSAH) in Sungai Petani, Kuala Nerang Hospital and Kulim Hospital.
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“Earlier, HSB was the only hospital for treatment of COVID-19 in the state. Based on current information received today from the Kedah State Health Department (JKN), as much as 72 per cent capacity of the COVID-19 patient ward at the hospital has been occupied, while 89 per cent of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward has been filled.