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Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said that a Greater Klang Valley special task force has been set up to address the desperate need for beds and manpower in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.
He said to Bernama that the Ministry of Health (MOH) had taken over the management and facilities of various agencies and ministries under the Emergency Ordinance. However, when the emergency ends, non-ministry (MOH) facilities must be returned to their respective agencies and ministries.
Although it is called the Greater Klang Valley special task force, Dr Adham said that it includes south Perak, west Pahang, and the northern part of Negri Sembilan.
10 Jul 2021 / 09:34 H. Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: A total of 509 private general medical practitioners (GPs) have been given authorisation letters to issue home surveillance and observation (HSO) orders to Covid-19 patients.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the HSO would be issued to positive patients who would then be treated at the Covid-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centre (PKRC) managed by a private medical centre or at their respective homes.
“A total of 509 GPs have been given the authorisation letters to issue HSO bracelets for patients who tested positive to be treated at the PKRC or sent home and monitored,” he said.
PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): A total of 509 private general medical practitioners (GPs) have been given authorisation letters to issue home surveillance and observation (HSO) orders to Covid-19 patients.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the HSO would be issued to patients who would then be treated at the Covid-19 quarantine and low-risk treatment centres (PKRC) managed by a private medical centre or at their respective homes. A total of 509 GPs have been given the authorisation letters to issue HSO bracelets for patients who tested positive to be treated at the PKRC or sent home and monitored, he said.
Dr Adham said this in a special press conference on the Health Ministry s (MOH) preparedness and strategy in managing the Covid-19 pandemic in the Klang Valley on Saturday (July 10).
Task force to strengthen health system preparedness in ‘Greater Klang Valley’ 10 Jul 2021 / 11:01 H. Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: The ‘Greater Klang Valley’ special task force was established with the aim at strengthening health system preparedness in the Klang Valley in managing the Covid-19 pandemic.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said its role was to address the current situation, especially the desperate need for beds and manpower in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.
“The task force has been set up by the Health Ministry to look at a wider scope, we call the ‘Greater’ Klang Valley. It is a pandemic frontier.
“Although it is called ‘Greater’ Klang Valley, we will also include south Perak, west Pahang and northern part of Negeri Sembilan where there is a unified command centre,“ he told a special press conference on the Ministry of Health (MOH) preparedness strategies to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic in the Klang Valley, here today.