Health Ministry prepared to use training institutes for Covid-19 patients

By ASHLEY TANG

PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry is prepared to use all its training institutes as Covid-19 quarantine centres which would provide an additional 19,200 beds.

Health Ministry director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) said the ministry initially planned for 3,400 extra beds but was now prepared to use all its training institutes to house Covid-19 patients.

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