8 March 2023
Sibu MP Oscar Ling Chai Yew said Sibu and Miri residents are forced to travel to Kuching for radiotherapy and cardiac treatment, resulting in fatalities for many cardiac patients.
Tag: Sibu Hospital
11 March 2022
Sarawak General Hospital and Sibu Hospital are facing at least 5% reduction of their health care workforce over Covid quarantine, straining capacity to maintain elective care.
27 December 2021
People need to know that in Sibu, wards were extremely crowded, patients were waiting to receive intensive care, and oxygen ports were insufficient.
13 October 2021
Sibu Hospital’s field hybrid modular ICU will begin operations after checks and certification are complete.
5 October 2021
Sibu Hospital director Dr Nanthakumar says there are 57 ICU beds for Covid-19 patients, comprising 28 in ICU and 29 repurposed beds in the acute Covid-19 ward.
30 September 2021
The Sarawak state health department also announces that additional nurses and doctors will be deployed to Sibu Hospital from the peninsula, besides an extra RM600,000 allocation to outsource non-Covid procedures from Sibu Hospital.
29 September 2021
Letter
Government Misrepresenting Data And Current Covid-19 Situation – Burnt Out Sibu Hospital Doctor
In reality, we do not have many available ICU beds (by ICU beds, we mean a physical bed, staff nurses, monitoring, and ventilator).
27 September 2021
Staff are constantly infected with Covid-19 and put under quarantine; one staff was recently involved in an accident on the way to work (unsure if this was due to work fatigue).
27 April 2021
Covid-19 deaths, average ICU cases and ventilated patients increased by 14%, 20%, and 26% respectively from Week 15 (April 11-17) to Week 16 (April 18-24).
23 April 2021
Dr Sim Kui Hian says Sarawak’s State Disaster Management Committee obtains Covid-19 data from the Sarawak state health department that is under the federal Ministry of Health.