GEORGE TOWN, Sept 2 — Penang state executive councillor Norlela Ariffin wants a new law that will compel private health facilities to take in more seriously ill Covid-19 patients to relieve the congestion in public hospitals, and hopefully save more lives.
Norlela said the new law she proposed would compel private hospitals to take in at least 30 per cent of Category 3 to 5 Covid-19 patients. “We are proposing that PKRC be set up in hotels so that people can be quarantined in hotels at only RM50 per day and we are asking that this be funded by Nadma so that the patients do not have to pay,” she said.
Norlela agreed that everyone must have an oximeter at home and that she will forward the request for funding to the state finance officer. As for the vaccine supply for Penang, Norlela said Penang will be receiving 1.01 million doses of vaccine in September.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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