GEORGE TOWN, Sept 16 — The Malaysian Armed Forces today began constructing its field hospital at the parking lot of the Penang Hospital here in an effort to accommodate the increasing number of Covid-19 patients in Penang.
“We started construction work at 9.30am today and some 23 tents are expected to be set up in a 2,300 square-metre area at HPP’s parking lot by midnight. “If the weather permits, we could see completion in seven days. Four officers and 50 personnel will be undertaking this project,” he told reporters after inspecting the field hospital site today.
Khairy said the field hospital will provide more than 100 beds for patients equipped with oxygen facilities, an Intensive Care Unit ward and other facilities to treat patients.
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