More ICU beds set up


Army personnel from the Kluang Medical Second Battalion putting up tents to house ICU beds at the field hospital in Kepala Batas, Penang. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

EVERYTHING is in place and the field intensive care unit (ICU) hospital at Kepala Batas Hospital is expected to be fully operational by Saturday.

The field hospital commanding officer Lieutenant-Colonel Dr Mohd Zamri Deraman said there would be a total of 27 beds there to treat critical Covid-19 patients.

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