Kelantan PKRC director Dr Mohd Azman Yacob said the two new PKRC would be at the National Culture and Arts Hall (Dewan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara) and Queenspark Sportcity, both in this district.

He said they needed to open the new PKRC because the 11 existing PKRC statewide currently had reached a 90% to 97% occupancy rate.

“The two new locations identified may be used as high-capacity PKRC but several things have to be checked in terms of infrastructural facilities, including toilets and the air-conditioning.

“In fact, the comfort of patients and safety of personnel on duty must be given priority in the setting up of the PKRC.

“We cannot take these aspects lightly,” he said after visiting the Gelanggang Seni Special PKRC here today.

Commenting further, Azman said the state lacked high-capacity buildings to house a large number of Covid-19 patients.

“To date, the biggest PKRC capable of accommodating a large number of patients is the Universiti Sains Malaysia health campus in Kubang Kerian, which can accept 464 patients at a time,” he said.

In the meantime, he said Kelantan PKRC was studying the possibility of adding 30 more clinical beds at the Gelanggang Seni Special PKRC in the near future to house Covid-19 patients in category three and above.

“This is because the usage of intensive care unit beds at Raja Perempuan Zainab II (HRPZ II) Hospital has reached up to 95%, in fact at times up to 100%.

“I advise the public, especially the people of Kelantan, to comply strictly with the new SOPs.”

Kelantan recorded 613 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, with 53 active clusters.

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