ICUs struggling to cope


PETALING JAYA: Government hospitals are running out of beds at intensive care units (ICU) to treat Covid-19 patients due to the high number of people falling critically ill because of the disease, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said ICU occupancy rate at hospitals in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang, Sarawak, Kedah and Perak was over 80%.

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