Health DG: Urgent need for a 'field ICU' at Kepala Batas Hospital in Penang

A sample of a "field ICU" set up by the Armed Forces.

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): There is an urgent need to set up a 'field ICU' to manage critically-ill patients at Kepala Batas Hospital in Penang, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

He said the Health Ministry (MOH) felt this was necessary following the increasing need for Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds as the bed utilisation rate had reached over 100%.