KEPALA BATAS: Several states have requested the Federal Government to set up field hospitals to cope with the increasing number of Covid-19 patients, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the requests came from Negri Sembilan and Kelantan, among others and the ministry would look into it on an as-needed basis. “What we can do now is to use every available space we have so that we can treat high-risk Covid-19 patients, ” he told reporters during a walkabout at the army’s field hospital with its intensive care unit (ICU) outside Kepala Batas Hospital yesterday. Currently, the army has set up four such field hospitals in Kapit, Sarawak; Tawau, Sabah; Pokok Sena in Alor Setar, and here in Kepala Batas, he said.