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MOH introduces short-stay wards to solve emergency dept overcrowding: Dr Zaliha

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The initiative has been implemented in several MOH hospitals and it was proposed that the ward criteria be improved to reduce waiting time. theSun theSundaily medical health Covid19 Malaysia

: To solve the problem of overcrowding in emergency departments the Ministry of Health has introduced short-stay wards in hospitals that have excess space, said its minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

Patient bed management would be streamlined so that bed occupancy could be regulated and better managed, she added. “Short, medium and long-term solutions must be drawn up immediately together with all stakeholders, for the sake of the people and the national health sector,“ she said in a statement today.

She said outsourcing and collaboration with the private sector had helped immensely during the Covid-19 pandemic adding that such collaboration models would be further looked into including collaboration with private general practitioners.

 

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