A FIELD hospital with 100 beds will be built at Penang Hospital by this week. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the field hospital would be set up by the army and the Health Ministry at the parking lot of the hospital. The decision to build the field hospital was mooted after Penang Hospital reached its critical capacity due to increasing Covid-19 cases. He said the field hospital would be equipped with respiratory facilities, intensive care unit (ICU) equipment and other facilities. On Saturday, ministry officials and army officers visited the site to plot the field hospital layout.

Source: The Star September 13, 2021 01:18 UTC