24 February 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin says there is an increase of hospital admissions “with” Covid, rather than “for” Covid, complicating hospital administration that must isolate these Covid-positive cases.
Tag: intensive care unit (ICU)
24 November 2021
Local study RECoVaM shows waning immunity from Sinovac’s vaccine, whose efficacy drops to 28% against both Covid-19 infection and ICU admission in 3-5 months after completing vaccination.
18 November 2021
Sungai Buloh Hospital, the Klang Valley’s sole fully designated Covid-19 facility, has been receiving referrals of Covid-19 cases requiring intensive care from other hospitals.
15 November 2021
MOH and other agencies conducted a national tabletop exercise to simulate worst-case scenarios and crisis response, as Covid-19 cases rose 15% nationwide the past week.
13 October 2021
Sibu Hospital’s field hybrid modular ICU will begin operations after checks and certification are complete.
27 September 2021
Letter
Of Making Dollars And Sense: The Reality Of Covid-19 ICU Care In The Private Sector — Dr Mafeitzeral Mamat, Dr Gunalan Palari Arumugam, Dr Syed Rozaidi Wafa & Dr Shahridan Fathil
Malaysians were shocked by the revelation that the cost of ICU care in private hospitals for Covid-19 patients amounts to RM400,000, which to us is not surprising at all.
24 August 2021
Dr Jemilah Mahmood proposes highly localised measures to curb Covid-19 outbreaks, as the highly transmissible Delta variant is unlikely to be fully contained.
12 August 2021
Sunway Medical Centre plans to establish a post-Covid recovery clinic.
11 August 2021
Breakthrough infections and future variants could pose a real threat to recovery, and we could be underestimating vaccination targets.
9 August 2021
When services are overrun, Covid-19 clinical categories and deaths by facility daily is an important metric to add to our data transparency efforts.