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Jeffrey Hutton Regional Correspondent In Denpasar , Jeffrey Hutton
On a recent evening at the Wangaya Hospital in the Balinese capital Denpasar, a Suzuki compact pulled up, only for its three occupants to be waved away by a nurse dressed head to toe in purple protective gear because the 60 or so beds set aside for Covid-19 patients were full.
The triage nurse working at a shed set up early in the pandemic, who did not want to be identified because she was unauthorised to speak to the media, told The Straits Times that she had asked the driver to go to Sanglah Hospital, about 10 minutes away depending on traffic.
