Health Ministry urged to do more to prevent dead on arrival Covid cases


Bernard Saw

Despite declining daily infections, DOA Covid cases are on the rise as the country's healthcare system cannot cope with the sudden deterioration of patients quarantined at home. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 7, 2021.

THE government needs to immediately set up an online assessment system and quicker hospitalisation for Covid-19 patients who are quarantined at home to stem the increasing number of dead on arrival (DOA) cases, said a former health official.

Despite the declining daily infections, DOA cases are on the rise as the country’s healthcare system cannot cope with the sudden deterioration of Covid-19 patients quarantined at home.


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