State health committee chairman Daniel Gooi said Penang Hospital’s emergency and trauma department handles a daily average of 300 cases. (Facebook pic)GEORGE TOWN: More than 70% of patients seeking treatment at Penang Hospital’s emergency and trauma department are non-critical cases, contributing to congestion at the facility, the state assembly was told today.

State health committee chairman Daniel Gooi said the department handled an average of 300 cases each day.

Data from January to July this year showed that 32.99% of patients were non-emergency cases, while 40.6% were classified as Green Zone (minor) cases, bringing the total to 73.56%.

Only 7.14% of cases were classified as Red Zone (critical), or requiring immediate treatment, while 19.81% were Yellow Zone (semi-critical) cases, he said.