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In providing an assurance as many hospitals are brimming with patients, he said it simply means the capacity of certain ICU wards have been maximised at a given point.
“The Health Ministry will not turn away anyone needing treatment or needing intensive care.
“We are committed to providing the necessary treatment to all citizens.
“When a state health director states that ICU beds are full, this means we are referring to the current capacity of the ICU wards.
“The hospitals will then be directed to repurpose other wards and transform them into ICU wards, ” he said when contacted yesterday, where he added that the ministry will also get medical experts to manage the units.
Sunday, 16 May 2021 07:31 PM MYT
BY SULOK TAWIE
State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing speaks to reporters in Kuching July 30, 2020. Picture courtesy of Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas)
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KUCHING, May 16 Sarawak Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing today warned that the bed capacity of intensive care units (ICUs) in government hospitals in the state has reached a critical stage.
He said the situation is bad especially at the Sibu and Kapit hospitals, as more seriously ill Covid-19 patients are admitted.
Dr Chin said at present, 71 Covid-19 cases are in critical conditions at the ICU wards, including 26 requiring intubation to help them breathe.
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KUCHING: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin commended how the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) managed its Covid-19 Vaccination Programme, said Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
“The prime minister was very happy to see our vaccination facilities and the number of vaccinators done, as well as the smoothness of our vaccination programme,“ said Uggah, who is also the SDMC chairman.
He said during the committee’s discussion with Muhyiddin, who is on a two-day official visit to Sarawak, the SDMC showed to the prime minister its readiness to conduct the vaccination programme all over the state.
KUCHING, Feb 20 Some 200,000 non-Sarawakians residing in the state are expected to be included in the Covid-19 vaccination programme upon its rollout next week, said Sarawak Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing. He said they would be a part of the targeted 2.2 million people in Sarawak to receive.