ICU capacity nears breaking point


It’s a struggle: Six hospitals that allocated beds at ICUs and critical treatment centres for Covid-19 patients have already hit the alert threshold. — Photo from Dr Noor Hisham’s Facebook page

PETALING JAYA: Government hospitals around the Klang Valley are running out of beds at intensive care units (ICUs) to treat critical Covid-19 cases, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said Hospital Sungai Buloh had seen more than 20 case referrals to the ICU daily in the past one week, adding that the hospital was almost running out of beds.

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