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KUALA LUMPUR: The current usage of patient beds, including repurposed beds in hospitals, in the Klang Valley has now reached more than 85%, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.
He said that by taking into account the need for extra beds, especially in the intensive care unit (ICU), the Health Ministry would implement several immediate measures to address the unexpected high referral rate to the ministry’s hospitals in the Klang Valley.
Among the steps that will be implemented immediately is to further expand the outsourcing of non-Covid-19 patients to private hospitals to enable Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) to treat more Covid-19 patients.
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The just-completed UKM Children’s Specialist Hospital adds 243 beds, including 28 for critical care, for the treatment of increasingly numerous coronavirus patients. – Facebook pic, May 23, 2021.
THE Health Ministry has taken over Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Children’s Specialist Hospital in Cheras for the purpose of treating Covid-19 patients, said Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah as the pandemic rages on in the Klang Valley.
The director-general of health said the newly built teaching hospital will provide sorely needed beds as cases pile up at the private and government healthcare facilities.
“The hospital has a capacity of 243 beds including 28 critical care beds/ICU (adult sized beds) which have the potential to be used temporarily as a hospital that treats Covid-19 especially those with serious symptoms,” said Noor Hisham on Facebook.