KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 While the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) is accelerating its vaccination drive, a private general practitioner (GP) clinics association has said that bureaucracy and logistical problems were still hampering this class of physicians from supporting the.
PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has issued a directive for private hospitals to increase their beds in wards and intensive care units to treat Covid-19 patients.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a letter dated May 20 to the private hospitals said that the Health Ministry needed the cooperation of private hospitals following an increase in the number of Covid-19 patients. All private hospitals currently treating Covid-19 patients must increase more beds to treat these patients. This involves more beds in the wards and ICU. The maximum number of beds to be allocated for Covid-19 patients is based on the capacity of the wards and ICUs.
File picture of a Covid-19 mass screening in Selangor.
PETALING JAYA: An audit must be conducted on the mandatory Covid-19 screening of foreign workers, says the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA).
Its president Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy said an audit by the Health Ministry’s Private Medical Practice Control Section (CKAPS) on the screenings will help to ensure full compliance with the guidelines.
“MMA proposes that the audits be conducted on site itself where mass screenings are being conducted.
“The audits will also be necessary to prevent increasing attempts from middlemen to commercialise the Covid-19 screenings due to high demand, ” he said in a statement on Sunday (Dec 20).