Table 6: Estimated COVID-19 monthly patient staff requirements.
Month | COVID-19 patients | Nurses (Ward) | Nurses (ICU) | Physicians (Ward) | Physicians (ICU) | Respiratory therapists | Cleaners | Porters | ||||||||
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Scenario | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
2021–02 | 891 | 961 | 216 | 226 | 490 | 566 | 43 | 45 | 49 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 244 | 279 | 3 | 4 |
2021–03 | 499 | 936 | 119 | 213 | 285 | 597 | 24 | 43 | 28 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 141 | 282 | 2 | 6 |
2021–04 | 395 | 1,922 | 95 | 438 | 222 | 1,213 | 19 | 88 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 547 | 2 | 14 |