Military hospital readies Covid-19 emergency zone at car park

Military hospital readies Covid-19 emergency zone at car park

The parking area of the Hospital Angkatan Tentera Tuanku Mizan had been gazetted as a Disaster Management Zone when the hospital was built more than 10 years ago.

The DMZ at the parking area is equipped with oxygen supply and vacuum ports, and has a nurses and doctors station.
KUALA LUMPUR:
The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) has made available the Disaster Management Zone (DMZ) at Hospital Angkatan Tentera Tuanku Mizan in Wangsa Maju here for treating Covid-19 patients in categories four and five, whose number has been increasing in the Klang Valley.

Chief of Defence Forces Gen Affendi Buang said the DMZ is located in the basement car park of the hospital.

The parking area of the hospital was gazetted as a DMZ and was specially designed in the early stages of the construction more than 10 years ago to allow it to handle patients in case of a chemical or biological disaster.

“It is also supported by existing facilities built in the area, covering electricity supply, oxygen supply, vacuum ports and other medical support equipment, with the capability to handle patients at an appropriate capacity,” he said in a statement today.

Affendi said the DMZ with a capacity of 50 beds and a doctors and nurses station is placed under the control of the commanding officer of the hospital, Brig-Gen D Rosman Ab Rahman, with Lt-Col Dr Mohamad Azlan Arrifin as the operations commander.

He said the DMZ has been made available with the help of the health ministry and national disaster management agency.

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