PETALING JAYA: Government hospitals are running out of beds at intensive care units (ICU) to treat Covid-19 patients as the number of people falling critically ill because of the virus escalates, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
The Health director-general said ICU occupancy rates at hospitals in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang, Sarawak, Kedah and Perak are over 80% and some hospitals have even used up all the ICU beds designated to treat Covid-19 patients.
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