Selangor wants all health clinics used as vaccination venues 24 May 2021 / 18:09 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
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ALAM: The Selangor Health Department (JKNS) intends to utilise all health clinics in the state as venues to administer Covid-19 vaccines, particularly for patients with chronic illnesses, its director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman said.
“We have proposed this to the Health Ministry. They strongly support the move and I will get official permission,” he told reporters after visiting the Ideal Convention Center (IDCC) Shah Alam here today for the first day of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine opt-in exercise.
In addition, he said the department would also carry out an immunisation exercise for bedridden patients through an outreach programme conducted by state health workers.
Covid-19: Selangor to prepare 58 more ICU beds, bringing total to 200
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05 May 2021 / 14:54 H. Bernama
SHAH ALAM: The Selangor Health Department (JKNS) will increase the capacity of critical care or intensive care unit (ICU) beds to 200 for COVID-19 patients, in preparation for the possible sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in Selangor, compared with the 142 ICU beds currently available.
Its director, Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman, said that the move would be implemented by postponing elective surgery cases throughout the state to reduce dependence on ICU beds.
However, for non-COVID-19 cases that need to be treated immediately, JKNS will outsource to private facilities to ensure the ability to treat patients can continue.
Speaking at a special interview with Bernama and RTM here today, Dr Sha’ari said that the move could reduce congestion in the ICUs, which has currently reached 92 per cent in hospitals in Selangor.
KLANG: Employers are concerned that their foreign workers who tested negative during the compulsory Covid-19 screening, could become positive a few days after that.
Given the rapid increase in daily cases in various states, especially the Klang Valley, they hope there is something that can be done to address this concern.
“We are in a Catch 22 where we can get our workers screened today and the results are negative but what can we do if they become Covid-19 positive several days down the road?’’ asked Original Penang Kayu Nasi Kandar managing director Burhan Mohamed.
He said employers of foreign workers were all compelled by the government to compulsorily screen their workers but there were no back-up plans for later developments.
PETALING JAYA: About 80 staff members from the Selangor Health Department are stationed at the Malawati Stadium in Shah Alam, which began operating as a Covid-19 Assessment Centre (CAC) for the Petaling district on Monday (Feb 8).
State Health director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman told StarMetro that other personnel on the premises included police and local government agencies who will assist in carrying out the CAC operations.
“The stadium and everyone at the area have been sanitised as usual by our staff according to procedure with the help of the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA), ” he said.
It was announced that at the CAC, Covid-19 patients will be assessed before they are sent to hospital, Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centre in Serdang or told to undergo quarantine at home.
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