Kedah health and local government committee chairman Dr Mohd Hayati Othman said while the number of ICU beds were adequate, authorities are sweating over the possibility they are unable to admit other critical patients into the ICUs.

This is especially because these ICU beds were currently taken up by Covid-19 patients, the New Straits Times reported.

Hayati said medical officers were forced to choose between admitting a critical patient or a Covid-19 case into the ICUs.

“I feel terrible, but it has to be said. Some doctors have no choice but to choose which patient needs to be admitted to the ICU.

“If the patient’s medical condition is too chronic and has no hope of (recovery), we will not admit him or her to the ICU.

”This includes non-Covid-19 cases,” the daily quoted him as saying.

The health ministry reported 6,806 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, with Kedah recording 417 infections, which was a slight drop from the 445 reported yesterday.

Meanwhile, three of the 59 deaths reported today were in Kedah.

It was previously reported that ICU wards in the state had reached 92% capacity.

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