Some 8,845 cases of Covid-19 reinfection were detected here from the start of last November to March 25 this year, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on Tuesday (April 5). In a written response to questions from Workers' Party MP He Ting Ru (Sengkang GRC), Mr Ong said that a...
Ms He also asked how many days in the last three months emergency departments of restructured hospitals had to close or divert patients away after reaching their capacity, which hospitals or departments were hit particularly badly, and how many days the emergency departments of these hospitals had seen waiting times of over two, four and six hours before patients could be triaged.
Mr Ong acknowledged that while ICU wards here had not come under pressure in the last three months thanks to Singapore's highly vaccinated population, hospital emergency departments had been busy. In that time, the Ministry of Health approved the diversion of Singapore Civil Defence Force ambulances on seven different occasions from three hospitals - Changi General, Sengkang General and Khoo Teck Puat - as the patients were not in critical condition. "This helped hospitals manage their capacity at the emergency departments, so that patients with critical conditions can be attended to quickly," said Mr Ong, adding that the duration of these diversions ranged from two to six hours. Mr Ong also said that all patients presenting at emergency departments are usually triaged within half an hour of registering, to determine the level of priority for emergency treatment. "Their waiting times for clinical consult vary, depending on the clinical condition of the patient. Critically ill patients are seen almost immediately," he said.
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