LABUAN, June 20 — The Labuan Natural Disaster Management Committee has decided to turn Labuan Corporation’s multipurpose hall into a field hospital due to its proximity to the Labuan Nucleus Hospital.Labuan Health Department director Dr Ismuni Bohari said the field hospital with 100 beds would cater for Covid-19 category three and four patients.
“After a thorough study , we requested to the Ministry of Health to set up this field hospital with the close cooperation from the Malaysian Armed Forces ,” he told Bernama at the newly-opened vaccination centre at Dewan Mutiara, Taman Perumahan Mutiara here today. He explained that the capacity of the second low-risk quarantine centre at the Industrial Training Institute would be maximised for Covid-19 category one and two patients.
“The field hospital is for us to prepare for the possibility of a further increase in Covid-19 cases,” he said.