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SGH frontliners to get N95 masks

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Dr Noor Hisham

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry will distribute N95 face masks to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), Kuching.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah yesterday said the N95 face masks were specially for health frontliners working closely with positive Covid-19 patients in the ICU wards.

“We are aware of the difficulties faced by hospitals in states in acquiring the N95 face masks,” he said when asked by the media during the daily Covid-19 update press conference in Putrajaya.

While the ministry was looking into ways to acquiring the N95 face masks, he added that the frontliners could apply 3 ply masks and face shields for PPE.

It is learnt that the frontliners were running out of PPE stock.

Last week, the ministry announced that the stock of surgical N95 masks was adequate for 37 days, surgical 3 ply masks for 47 days and protective head covers for 52 days.

Face shield stock can last for 25 days, boot covers for 78 days and isolation gowns for 23 days, while the stock of protective overalls/jumpsuits however may only last 19 more days.

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