Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Sengkang General Hospital (SKH) have reported a high number of patients at their accidents and emergency department (A&E).
Surge in patients at A&E
SGH and SKGH shared this information on their Facebook pages on April 30 and May 1 respectively.
According to their posts, priority will only be given to those who are critically ill. Other patients should also expect a longer waiting time.
Each patient will only be allowed one companion.
The hospitals have also advised members of the public to seek medical attention at a general practitioner or a polyclinic if their condition is not critical.
SKH wards at full capacity
SKH also added that their wards are running at full capacity.
You can see their Facebook posts here:
SGH
SKH
It is not known whether the surge in patients is related to the recent discovery of a Covid-19 cluster at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), and a subsequent lockdown of four wards.
Since April 29, no visitors will be allowed into TTSH wards until further notice, following a spike of Covid-19 cases linked to the hospital.
Top image from Zheng Zhangxin.