Around 10 patients were seen to be placed on temporary canvas beds on the porch of the Emergency Department at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) in Klang, Selangor. 

The photos were circulating around social media and was confirmed to be true. According to relevant sources, the patients waiting outside are all COVID-19 patients that had mild symptoms. As ICUs and normal wards were all full, these tier-2 patients are forced to wait until the hospital has spare beds before they can be treated within the hospital premises. 

Klang MP YB Charles Santiago had also commented regarding the situation.

"It was a heart-wrenching sight: dozens of Covid-19 patients were parked outside Klang General Hospital’s emergency department for the lack of proper beds inside. This also sums up the state of our healthcare and particularly this hospital: it’s overwhelmed - not enough beds, exhausted medical frontliners plus medical equipment that are breaking down."

"As the Klang Member of Parliament, I request the federal government to immediately intervene to mitigate the tragedy that’s unfolding at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital. I am sending a letter to the Health minister requesting an immediate  increase in allocation for HTAR so that a stand alone temporary facility can be built to accommodate Covid-19 patients. And urge the government to use nearby budget hotels and public halls as an interim measure to place patients."

Health care workers described scenes of patients lying on the floor due to full beds, converting wards or entire floors into COVID-19 treatment areas, and stacking bodies on trolleys to quickly clear victims’ beds for new admissions.

Bed turnover now is not routinely from discharge after recovery, but after death.  

Multiple hospitals across Selangor and Kuala Lumpur are struggling to cope with an increased admission of critically ill COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen in the past two weeks.

Reference Links -
[1] Malaysiakini 
[2] Sin Chew Daily 
[3] Charles Santiago