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Masidi
KOTA KINABALU: Hospital beds in Sabah are now almost fully occupied, or 99.5% of their capacity, and this has forced the state government to decide which Covid-19 patients should be admitted to its medical facilities for treatment and who should isolate themselves.
Right now, priority is given to hospitalization for those who are considered to have a higher probability of infecting others unless they are protected, said Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun, who is the state’s official Covid-19 spokesperson.
“If symptoms are manageable, patients will be advised to stay home and treatment will take place at home to avoid going to a quarantine or treatment center,” Masidi said in his daily briefing yesterday.
“The idea is to make sure they don’t infect others. This works well in cases where two people living together and both are infected can be quarantined. The hospital will then make arrangements for treatment at home if the case is considered to be still in its early stages, “he added.
Masidi said state hospitals are doing their best and conducting tests to determine the severity of the patient’s symptoms to decide who to admit and who should be treated at home.
Of the 5,651 beds in hospitals and Covid-19 treatment and quarantine centers available in Sabah, 5,624 or 99.5% have been filled in the 23 low-risk quarantine and treatment centers.
Some patients with few or no symptoms have been told to self-isolate at home for up to 10 days before being called to treatment centers.
Previously, Masidi said that the cumulative number of cases in Sabah is now 9,868 with 5,624 active cases.
It is not known how many Covid-19 positive patients are waiting to be admitted to treatment centers.
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