Singapore hospitals coping well, prepared for any surge in Covid-19 cases

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infecting thousands of people daily. Most have resumed business as usual, with all wards open and staff encouraged to take leave.

This is largely because the illness caused by this Covid-19 variant is generally mild, with 99.7 per cent of people having little or even no symptoms.

Professor Fong Kok Yong, SingHealth's deputy group chief executive officer, said there are no disruptions to operations at its hospitals - Singapore General Hospital, Changi General Hospital , KK Women's and Children's Hospital and Sengkang General Hospital - even though emergency departments are seeing a gradual increase in respiratory illness and suspected Covid-19 cases.

At the National Healthcare Group, all services have resumed at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and bed occupancy is similar to that in pre-Covid-19 days. But because its wards are near capacity, the hospital continues to defer patients with non-urgent elective procedures, and has increased teleconsultations.to rest, recharge and spend time with their families, although some have asked employees on leave to remain contactable in case of a sudden surge.

 

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Roti Prata. I think Hospital are the same. Pushing the blame to unvax are just a poor excuse. Using that one moment to make it as a BIG Issue when in fact its the vax injuries that contribute to occupancy most of the time. Its either they count wrong or they telling lies.

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