Urgent bid to free up capacity at public hospitals in Singapore as Covid-19 cases surge

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Urgent bid to free up capacity at public hospitals as Covid-19 cases surge

SINGAPORE - The bid to free up capacity at public hospitals has become more urgent as efforts made to ring-fence the fast growing number of coronavirus clusters becomes more challenging.

The Straits Times understands that there are plans to move a small number of patients to the Singapore Expo halls as soon as Friday. One hall will be for those in recovery, while another is earmarked for patients with a mild case of the disease. There are now 1,481 cases - 627 are in public hospitals, including 29 who are critically ill, and 471 in private hospitals and D'Resort. Six have died and 377 have been discharged.

The three Parkway hospitals are now caring for 75 Covid-19 patients, with 71 of them are in recovery. It received four more on Tuesday from the National University Hospital and a further 16 were moved from NCID on Wednesday.

 

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