Penang Hospital's Outpatient Dept being used as initial treatment ward for Covid-19 as cases rise

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GEORGE TOWN: The Outpatient Department of Penang Hospital has to be converted into an observation and initial treatment ward for Covid-19 patients following a sudden increase in Covid-19 patients to the Emergency and Trauma Department and admission to the hospital wards.

The state Health Department said with the temporary closure, health clinics in the north-east district have been prepared to receive outpatients with the assistance of the medical officers of the hospital's Outpatient Department.

"The counter will be opened at the Health Education Resource Centre on the first floor of the ambulatory care centre," said a statement posted on the state Health Department's Facebook page.

 

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