“Your cooperation is very much needed,” said Dr Noor Hisham in a Facebook posting on Sunday (Sept 12). The hospital is a hybrid facility, with 79 beds allocated for Covid-19 patients and 142 beds for non-Covid cases. “As for the ICU, eight additional beds were repurposed, making a total of 13 beds. In addition, other departments at the hospital – including its Emergency and Trauma Department, Pathology Department, Medical Transfusion, Paediatric Department, Forensic Department and Hemodialysis Unit – are all ready should there be an increase in Covid-19 cases. “Through discussions with the hospital and state Health Department, several proposals have been made, including setting a threshold value for daily patient admission rate, as a warning so that proactive steps can be taken.
