Overworked: Frontliners taking a breather while carrying out Covid-19 drive-through testing at Terminal Sentral Kuantan, Pahang. Daily case figures are not only not showing any signs of slowing down, but in fact have gone up, says Dr Noor Hisham. — Bernama
PUTRAJAYA: Health frontliners in Malaysia are suffering from burnout as they deal with a seemingly unabating number of Covid-19 cases that requires hospitalisation and intensive care, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
“The ministry is deeply concerned that there has not been much improvement in the occupancy for intensive care unit (ICU) beds since June,” he said.
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