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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Government hospitals in Malaysia are running out of beds at intensive care units (ICU) to treat Covid-19 patients as the number of people falling critically ill escalates, says the country's Health Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah. Dr Noor Hisham said ICU occupancy rates at hospitals in the capital city Kuala Lumpur, and in Selangor, Penang, Sarawak, Kedah and Perak are over 80 per cent and some hospitals have even used up all the ICU beds designated to treat Covid-19 patients. Currently, Dr Noor Hisham said, there are a total of 1,388 ICU beds in...
