KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 2): Private healthcare facilities are ready to accommodate Covid-19 patients, as earlier directed by the government, Private Healthcare Productivity Nexus (PHPN) chairman Datuk Dr Jacob Thomas said.
Dr Jacob said the private hospitals had provided 71 units of ventilators to government hospitals nationwide, when cases in the intensive care unit (ICU) and coronary care unit (CCU) began to show a decline, and this matter was confirmed by Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia (APHM) president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh in a statement recently.
He said private healthcare providers had always supported the government in dealing with any healthcare-related situation in the country, more so when there was a surge in daily Covid-19 cases.