20-09-2021, 06:55 PM
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/h...past-month
Some patients requiring admission have had to wait longer for beds, with most emergency departments (EDs) at public hospitals kept busier in the past week compared with the month before, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (Sept 20).
The EDs are also seeing a higher number of Covid-19 cases, with more beds diverted to meet their needs, a spokesman told The Straits Times.
"While the hospitals had been scaling back non-urgent surgery and admissions, the overall hospital capacity utilisation is getting more and more tight."
According to the latest data available from MOH’s website, the median waiting time for admission to wards from EDs was as high as 14½ hours at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital during the week beginning Sept 5.
Data for the week beginning Sept 12 is not available yet.
Some patients requiring admission have had to wait longer for beds, with most emergency departments (EDs) at public hospitals kept busier in the past week compared with the month before, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (Sept 20).
The EDs are also seeing a higher number of Covid-19 cases, with more beds diverted to meet their needs, a spokesman told The Straits Times.
"While the hospitals had been scaling back non-urgent surgery and admissions, the overall hospital capacity utilisation is getting more and more tight."
According to the latest data available from MOH’s website, the median waiting time for admission to wards from EDs was as high as 14½ hours at Ng Teng Fong General Hospital during the week beginning Sept 5.
Data for the week beginning Sept 12 is not available yet.
