As hospitals focus on Covid-19, DG says other patients become collateral damage

Hospitals channelling all their resources to combat the Covid-19 pandemic has come at the expense of other patients suffering from different illnesses.

Under the circumstances, Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said it was difficult to conduct surgeries for non-Covid-19 patients.

"Suspension of elective surgeries and reduction in emergency surgeries have resulted in collateral damage in health and...