PUTRAJAYA – A total of 516 oxygen concentrators will be placed at Halls A and C of the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park (MAEPS) Integrated Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC) 2.0 in Serdang, where Categories 3 and 4 Covid-19 patients are being treated.
MAEPS PKRC 2.0 director Dr Shahabuddin Ibrahim said the move is in preparation for patients’ increasing need for oxygen.
He said 1,670 patients are being treated at MAEPS PKRC 2.0, of whom, 1,300 patients are under Category 3 and over 200 under Category 4.
“Our manpower is focused on patients under these two categories,” he told Bernama today.
Category 3 refers to cases with pneumonia but not requiring oxygen, while Category 4 refers to those with pneumonia requiring oxygen.
Meanwhile, Selangor chief electrical engineer Haniff Ab Hamid said the wiring installation for each section would take about 10 days as the contractors face health risks while working in the hall occupied by Covid-19 patients.
He said the patients will have to be moved temporarily to other halls in stages, as the area involved has to be vacated to make way for wiring installation work.
“As a safety measure, the workers involved will also be required to wear personal protective equipment while at work,” he added. – Bernama, July 21, 2021
