COVID-19 | The Health Ministry has set up makeshift hospital wards across six districts in Sabah to brace the increasing number of coronavirus cases there, said Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Speaking via Facebook Live today, the Health director-general announced that the wards were opened in Kota Kinabalu, Tawau, Lahad Datu, and Sandakan to back up hospitals that have been designated to treat Covid-19 patients in the districts.
For Semporna and Kunak, the ministry has shifted a low-cost flat and a religious school hostel to be used for all Covid-19 cases there.
"The total bed capacity at six MOH hospitals and 10 Low-Risk Covid-19 Treatment and Quarantine Centres are 710 and 1,886 respectively," Noor Hisham said.
The six MOH hospitals are Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Women and Children Hospital, Tawau Hospital, Lahad Datu Hospital, Duchess of Kent Hospital in Sandakan, and Keningau Hospital.
According to Noor Hisham, the ministry had shifted the Likas Sports Complex Building in Kota Kinabalu to serve as additional wards for QEH, while for Tawau Hospital, they are using the Tawau Sports Complex, Tawau Arena Hall, Tawau Prison Complex, and a MOH Training Institute in the district.
In Lahad Datu, the makeshift wards are opened at Dewan Tun Haji Mustapha, while in Sandakan, it is located at Dewan Rafflesia in PPR Batu Putih.
"We have also opened the PPR Bubul Ria in Semporna to place Covid-19 cases. For Kunak district, we are using the hostel of a religious school to treat the cases there," he said.
[More to follow] - Mkini
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