KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (July 5): The majority of private hospital groups and stand-alone hospitals have agreed to offer trained nurses in batches to help the government manage Covid-19 patients in Klang Valley public hospitals. The action was prompted by the current Covid-19 scenario in public hospitals, notably in the Klang Valley, in terms of high bed occupancy and staff shortages, according to Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh.
“The Ministry of Health (MoH) has requested that members of the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia send nurses, medical officers, and specialists to serve in public hospitals. We will support them with other medical personnel at a later time “he said today in a statement
Despite the fact that large commercial hospitals involved in the Covid-19 vaccination program, including as IHH Healthcare, KPJ Healthcare, Sunway, and Ramsay Sime Darby hospitals, are similarly short on manpower, Dr Kuljit said they are eager to help the government manage the problem.
As a result, he said, the group has asked its members to be ready to accept non-Covid-19 patients decanted from government hospitals in order to free up more space in public healthcare institutions to treat Covid-19.
“Our objective is that the decanted patients are equitably allocated to all private hospitals in order to provide the greatest care and treatment to the public patients,” he said, adding that the government will cover the costs in full under the Emergency Ordinance.
Apart from that, he stated that private hospitals will support the government in increasing the 12 million vaccination doses slated to arrive this month. More than 100 private institutions are currently collaborating with vaccinations as part of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme./n
