SHAH ALAM, 17 Feb: The Tengku Ampuah Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) in Klang had to move their dengue patients to other hospitals to accommodate the ever increasing number.
The Selangor Health Exco, Dr Daroyah Alwi, said that some patients were transferred to the Banting Hospital and the Sungai Buloh Hospital following the density experienced by HTAR.
“We admit the the Klang Hospital (HTAR) is too crowded to accommodate the increasing number of dengue patients. The state government is waiting for the Shah Alam Hospital to be fully completed to cope with this congestion.
“In addition, we are also waiting for the construction of the Kapar Hospital. Undoubtedly, the facilities that can be given are relatively limited for dengue patients, however we cannot avoid the problem, especially at the Klang Hospital,” she said when contacted by Selangor Kini.
Recently, the congestion at HTAR was due to a lack of beds to a point where the wards that originally had 20 beds were increased to 40 beds to accommodate the needs of dengue patients.
In addition, canvas beds were placed at the hospital to overcome the congestion.
Prior to this, Selangor Kini reported that the state recorded 6.686 dengue cases and 17 deaths as of January 31.
Petaling continues to the worst compared to other areas in Selangor when they recorded 3,212 dengue cases with 11 deaths during the same period.
The Selangor State Health Department (JKN) source said that Hulu Langat is the second worst district with 1,162 dengue cases, followed by Klang (983), Gombak (658), Kuala Langat (194), Hulu Selangor (165), Sepang (154), Kuala Selangor (132) and Sabak Bernam (26).
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