This will increase the number of hospitals treating such patients to seven in the state. FMTNews Covid19 PKRC Sabah
The health ministry, in collaboration with the armed forces, planned to build a field hospital in Tawau to ease the workload.
In a Facebook posting, he said these hospitals, with a capacity of 946 beds, are designated to handle Covid-19 cases that require intensive care in the state.“The health ministry has also identified six more Covid-19 low-risk quarantine and treatment centres in the state, bringing the total to 16 to treat patients with no or mild symptoms .
Noor Hisham said besides the Kota Marudu Hospital, other hospitals that have been designated for Covid-19 cases in Sabah are the Queen Elizabeth Hospital; Sabah Women and Children Hospital; Duchess of Kent Hospital, Sandakan; Tawau Hospital; Lahad Datu Hospital and Keningau Hospital. “Non-Covid-19 patients seeking treatment in obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics and general surgery will be treated at this field hospital.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Kota Marudu Hospital to treat Covid-19 cases in Sabah - Health DGKUALA LUMPUR: The Kota Marudu Hospital in Sabah has become another hospital designated to treat Covid-19 cases in the state, bringing the total number...
Read more »
Health D-G: Kota Marudu Hospital assigned to treat Covid-19 patients in Sabah | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 11 — The Kota Marudu Hospital in Sabah has become another hospital designated to treat Covid-19 cases in the state, bringing the total number to seven, said Health director-general Tan Sri Noor Hisham Abdullah. In a Facebook posting, he said...
Read more »
Hospital Kota Marudu kini rawat Covid-19Kuala Lumpur: Sebagai langkah kesiapsagaan menghadapi peningkatan kes Covid-19 di Sabah, Kementerian Kesihatan (KKM) memperuntukkan Hospital Kota Marudu sebagai satu lagi hospital untuk merawat jangkitan itu, kata Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Read more »
Hospital Marudu kini rawat Covid-19, kata KP Kesihatan | The Malaysian InsightKementerian turut mengenal pasti enam lagi pusat kuarantin dan rawatan Covid-19 berisiko rendah.
Read more »
Covid-19: Three new clusters in Kota Kinabalu, Perak Tengah, and Marang | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — The Health Ministry identified three new Covid-19 clusters nationwide today — one each in Sabah, Perak and Terengganu. Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the new cluster in Sabah, dubbed Atap, was detected in Kota Kinabalu. The one in Perak,...
Read more »
Report: Kota Kinabalu hospital’s ICU paralysed after nurse gets Covid-19, colleagues forced into quarantine | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 10 — Healthcare workers at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah are struggling to cope with their workload after over half the nurses in the department were forced to self-quarantine. Malaysiakini reported that 40 of the 66 nurses...
Read more »