PUTRAJAYA: A backlog of 4,833 non-Covid cases remaining at government hospitals will be cleared soon, said health minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
He said the backlog cases as of July 31 only involved paediatric and cardiothoracic surgery.
Yesterday, Khairy said the ministry had successfully resolved 92% of the 57,355 cases backlog of non-Covid treatment at government hospitals up to September last year.
He said 53,785 cases were surgical-based, and 3,570 were medical-based cases.
Khairy said among the initiatives implemented by the ministry to deal with backlog cases was outsourcing patients to private hospitals.
Other initiatives were reopening elective surgical operating theatres in stages from October last year and conducting elective surgeries from 8am to 5pm on Saturdays in specialist hospitals since December.