Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has said equipment has been ordered to establish an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Infectious Disease Hospital at Liliendaal as the number of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients who require hospitalisation continues to rise.
Chairman of the Georgetown Public Hospi-tal Corporation (GPHC) COVID-19 Task Force Dr Tracy Bovell recently stated that it has been observed that compared to earlier months, the number of persons who have tested positive for COVID-19 that need to be hospitalised has increased. This, she added, has resulted in the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) COVID-19 ICU being filled to capacity.
Stabroek News was told that the GPH ICU, under normal circumstances, would only be able to accommodate 14 persons, but with the increase of critical COVID-19 patients being admitted, adjustments had to be made in the hospital to accommodate more patients.
