KLANG – The Covid-19 wards at Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) will receive an additional 151 beds from the Health Ministry (MoH) today, taking its total number of beds to 606.
MoH secretary-general Datuk Mohd Shafiq Abdullah said the hospital will also increase its Covid-19 intensive care unit capacity from 51 to 72 beds soon.
“We have added several critical facilities in the emergency area after it went viral (on social media), as if they (patients) were abandoned, but it is a normal process to move patients between wards, and it takes time.”
HTAR in an earlier statement said it has changed the functions of the trainee doctors’ dormitory and day treatment complex to temporary wards to accommodate Covid-19 patients since last Friday.
On allocation for additional medical equipment in dealing with the virus, Shafiq said MoH has, so far, distributed allocations to all health facilities nationwide under the emergency procurement, totalling RM747 million.
“More than RM100 million have been distributed to make emergency procurement in Selangor alone. These procurements must be done fast, and cannot follow the normal process.”
Selangor Health Department director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman said HTAR will still maintain its status as a hybrid hospital, as it is a state referral hospital.
All hospitals in the state are still capable of accepting both Covid-19 and non-coronavirus patients, he said, adding that medical institutions are always on standby. – Bernama, July 12, 2021
