Thread by @drmusanordin

Sad #COVID19Malaysia One Year Anniversary
First case 25/1/2020
Total Cases: 183,801
5638/Million pop
1 case per 180 persons
Active Cases: 41,677 (23%)
Critical: 265 (0.14%)
Total Deaths: 678
Deaths: 21/Million
Positive Rate (Tests): 5.6% (Target<3%)
worldometers.info/coronavirus/

https://twitter.com/tulunsokit/status/1353164987078897664

What I said in Mar 2020 holds true today.
All of our efforts to combat COVID-19 would remain futile if our leaders do not lead by example and walk the talk.
If the minister who preaches daily on TV about the nation’s pandemic situation is “cakap tak serupa bikin” ...

And the head of the healthcare services practices double standards and bow to the whims and fancies of the politicians, then the nation will perpetually remain at the mercy of the coronavirus and will be continually trapped in a vicious cycle of MCOs.

The ramifications of nursing covid patients “everywhere” in private hospitals & hybrid govt hospitals is a very dangerous precedent.

IMO Hybrid Hospitals are a very rushed and flawed solution of the problem.
It will severely compromise both the QUALITY and SAFETY of patients, health care professionals and visitors in our hospitals.

The lay public would be very fearful of setting foot into any of these HYBRID Hospitals and the clinical management of non-covid diseases eg NCD, cancers, immunisation etc would be shortchanged.

Past 1 yr we had 678 covid deaths
In 2019 we had 45 heart attack deaths/day.
We will suffer excess heart, lungs, diabetes, cancer deaths, vaccine preventable diseases morbidity and mortality if patients are frightened to seek treatment in our HYBRID covid healthcare facilities

Decongest Category 1 & 2 patients to
-Home Isolation
-Monitor with digital app eg COSMOS

Decant Non-Covid patients in
-General wards
-ICU beds
-Ventilated beds
to Private Hospitals ASAP!

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