KOTA BARU – Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital is now conducting almost 1,000 Covid-19 tests daily, said director Datuk Dr Selasawati Ghazali.
She said there has been an uptick in tests, carried out at the hospital’s laboratory, since last month.
“Previously, only 200 to 300 (samples) were tested every day, but since April, the number increased by almost 1,000 every day as the number of hospital patients also increased.
“The 4,300 hospital staffers are working 24 hours a day because they have to deal with Covid-19-related problems.
“Therefore, we hope the community will continue to adhere to standard operating procedures as it can definitely reduce infections.”
Dr Selasawati said the hospital has to limit the number of accompanying persons to prevent the spread of the virus.
Only patients who really need a companion will be allowed to have one, she said, adding that the accompanying person has to be certified free of the symptoms of Covid-19.
“Those (accompanying persons) must first undergo screening to confirm that they are not infected with Covid-19.
“Previously, the hospital had put a limit to the number of visitors and accompanying persons to protect the wards, and now we need to tighten it further so that there is no spread of infection in the hospital.” – Bernama, May 25, 2021
