The Auditor-General says continuously implementing maintenance programmes without specifying an optimal period of use for medical equipment can be harmful.
Khairy Jamaluddin says special non-Covid hospitals may be designated when more than 60% of adults have completed Covid-19 vaccination; only Pahang, Perak, Kedah, Kelantan, and Sabah have not yet reached 60%.
Some private hospitals in the Klang Valley are beginning to have fewer private Covid-19 patients in the past week, but the number of patients on respiratory support in ICUs still remains high.
While politicians play musical chairs, health care workers continue to struggle daily with rising cases of Covid-19, burnout, lack of manpower, beds, oxygen and equipment.
Representatives of the #HartalDoktokKontrak organisers previously described the solutions offered by the government as stated by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin as short-sighted, done merely to appease disgruntled contract doctors.