COVID cases sending NCR hospitals to ICU



FILE PHOTO: Health workers attend to patients at the chapel of Quezon City General Hospital and Medical Center (QCGHMC) on Aug. 19. INQUIRER/GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

MANILA, Philippines—The stories of people struggling both to breathe and find space in hospitals have become common.

As the country sets new records in the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections, more hospitals in Metro Manila continue to suffer from overcapacity because of a surge in COVID cases and patients.


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Twenty-four (24) of 43 hospitals in Metro Manila that had been on critical status because of a tsunami of COVID-19 cases have already reached 100 percent bed occupancy, according to data from the Department of Health (DOH) as of August 28.



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  • A Zarate General Hospital
  • Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – Valenzuela, Inc.
  • Bernardino General Hospital I
  • Dr. Montano G. Ramos General Hospital Corporation
  • E Zarate Hospital
  • F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation
  • Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center
  • Medical Center Parañaque, Inc.
  • Metro North Medical Center and Hospital Inc.
  • Metropolitan Medical Center
  • Novaliches District Hospital
  • Novaliches General Hospital, Inc.
  • Ospital ng Sampaloc
  • Ospital ng Tondo
  • Recuenco General Hospital, Inc.
  • Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
  • Rosario Maclang Bautista General Hospital
  • San Juan De Dios Educational Foundation Inc.
  • San Lorenzo Ruiz General Hospital
  • Seamen’s Hospital
  • The Premier Medical Center
  • University of Perpetual Help Dalta Medical Center, Inc.
  • Valenzuela Citicare Medical Center Timog Hilaga Providence Group, Inc.
  • VRP Medical Center

This was a huge jump from the previous 30 hospitals classified as critical last August 9.

At least 32 hospitals were listed as high-risk, also higher than the 13 facilities on August 9.

The recent DOH report also showed that 159 facilities have submitted data and were categorized based on their occupancy levels.



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In addition, some 66.46 percent—or 957—of 1,440 total Intensive Care Units (ICU) beds solely for COVID-19 patients in Metro Manila hospitals are already in use, according to the same DOH data.

The health department further said that as of Aug. 28, 63.16 percent or 2,964 of 4,693 isolation beds, and 72.55 percent or 3,047 of 4,200 ward beds in NCR are likewise occupied.

Overall, the DOH noted that bed occupancy rate for the whole NCR reached 67.4 percent, which the department classified as moderate—6,968 of the total 10,333 beds in use.

On August 9, Metro Manila’s bed occupancy rate was at the “safe zone” with 58.3 percent of available beds in use, or 5,718 out of 9,813.


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DOH classifies occupancy levels for COVID-19 beds as critical, high risk, moderate and safe.

Critical means hospitals have already reached more than 85 percent of COVID bed capacity.

High risk means 70 percent of available beds are occupied.

Moderate means 60 to 70 percent of COVID beds are occupied.

Safe means the occupancy rate of COVID beds is less than 60 percent.

Weight on LGUs

The same set of DOH data showed that majority, or 16 out of 24, hospitals classified as critical in Metro Manila are located in Quezon City.



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Six hospitals were in Manila, four in Las Piñas, three in Taguig while Muntinlupa, Parañaque, and Valenzuela all had two hospitals each that were considered critical in terms of COVID bed occupancy.

Caloocan, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Navotas, Pasig, Pasay, and Pateros had one hospital each considered as critical.

Overall, 10 out of 17 local government units in Metro Manila already have more than 70 percent hospital bed utilization as of August 28.

These are Malabon (89.20 percent), Pateros (88.20 percent), Navotas (86.70 percent),  Quezon City (79.90 percent), Taguig (77.70 percent), Las Piñas (77.50 percent), Makati (77.10 percent), Pasay (75.60 percent), Valenzuela (75.20 percent), and Muntinlupa (72.20 percent).

On August 23, nine Metro Manila hospitals had more than 70 percent hospital bed utilization.

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Almost half of NCR cities have more than 70% hospital bed occupancy — DOH

NCR hospital status

INQUIRER.net analyzed the most recent available data—August 28, 2021—from the DOH’s COVID-19 tracker.

This report seeks to show how prepared Metro Manila hospitals are, should there be a rush in COVID-19 infections in the capital, which remains the epicenter of the health crisis in the Philippines and accounts for more than half of the country’s economy.

However, only hospitals in Metro Manila that have information on COVID-19 bed allocation for the treatment of new coronavirus patients were included in this article.

Critical

A Zarate General Hospital – 100 percent

Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – Pateros, Inc. – 88.2 percent

Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – Valenzuela, Inc. – 100 percent

Bernardino General Hospital I – 100 percent

Bernardino General  Hospital II – 85.7 percent

Caloocan City Medical Center – 95.6 percent

Capitol Medical Center, Inc. – 87.3 percent

Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center – 92.3 percent

Dr. Montano G. Ramos General Hospital Corporation -100 percent

E Zarate Hospital – 100 percent

East Avenue Medical Center – 92.6 percent

F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation – 100 percent

Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center – 100 percent

Lung Center of the Philippines – 92.8 percent

Marikina Valley Medical Center – 93.3 percent

Medical Center of Taguig City, Inc. – 92.6 percent

Medical Center Parañaque, Inc. – 100 percent

Metro North Medical Center and Hospital Inc. – 100 percent

Metropolitan Medical Center – 100 percent

National Kidney and Transplant Institute – 94 percent

Navotas City Hospital – 86.7 percent

Novaliches District Hospital – 100 percent

Novaliches General Hospital, Inc. – 100 percent

Ospital ng Muntinlupa – 98.1 percent

Ospital ng Sampaloc – 100 percent

Ospital ng Tondo – 100 percent

Pasig City Children’s Hospital Child’s Hope – 97.1 percent

Quezon City General Hospital – 91.5 percent

Quirino Memorial Medical Center – 94.6 percent

Recuenco General Hospital, Inc. – 100 percent

Research Institute for Tropical Medicine – 100 percent

Rosario Maclang Bautista General Hospital – 100 percent

San Juan De Dios Educational Foundation Inc. – 100 percent

San Lorenzo Ruiz General Hospital – 100 percent

Seamen’s Hospital – 100 percent

Taguig-Pateros District Hospital – 93.1 percent

The Premier Medical Center – 100 percent

University of Perpetual Help Dalta Medical Center, Inc. – 100 percent

UP  Philippine General Hospital – 95.7 percent

Valenzuela Citicare Medical Center Timog Hilaga Providence Group, Inc. – 100 percent

Veterans Memorial Medical Center – 94.6 percent

VRP Medical Center – 100 percent

World Citi Medical Center – 97.2 percent

High risk

Adventist Medical Center Manila – 80 percent

Air Force General Hospital – 74 percent

Alabang Medical Clinic – 77.8 percent

Alabang Medical Clinic Las Piñas Branch – 83.3 percent

Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center – 71.3 percent

Army General Hospital – 75.6 percent

Cardinal Santos Medical Center – 78.7 percent

Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital – 71.3 percent

Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital – 80.9 percent

Makati Medical Center – 79.6 percent

Mandaluyong City Medical Center – 81.3 percent

Manila Doctors Hospital – 70.2 percent

Marikina Doctors Hospital and Medical Center, Inc. – 83.3 percent

National Children’s Hospital – 82.1 percent

Olivarez General Hospital, Inc. – 80 percent

Ospital ng Makati – 74.4 percent

Ospital ng Malabon – 79.4 percent

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Inc. – 83.6 percent

Pasig City General Hospital – 78.6 percent

Philippine Children’s Medical Center – 75 percent

Providence Hospital, Inc. – 70.4 percent

San Lazaro Hospital – 74.2 percent

SDS Medical Center – 75 percent

St. Clare’s Medical Center, Inc. – 80 percent

St. Luke’s Medical Center – 82.5 percent

St. Luke’s Medical Center – Global City – 82.5 percent

Sta. Ana Hospital – 76.7 percent

The Medical City – 77.8 percent

Tondo Medical Center – 80 percent

U.E.R.M Memorial Hospital – 73.5 percent

Unihealth Parañaque Hospital and Medical Center, Inc. – 71.4 percent

Valenzuela Medical Center – 75 percent

Moderate

Alfonso Specialist Hospital – 66.7 percent

Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – Quezon City, Inc. – 66.7 percent

Christ the King Medical Center Unihealth Las Piñas, Inc. – 66.7 percent

Diliman Doctors Hospital, Inc. – 60.5 percent

FEU – Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Inc. – 69.4 percent

Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center – 60 percent

Las Piñas Doctors Hospital, Inc. – 69.4 percent

Mary Johnston Hospital, Inc. – 69.4 percent

MCU – FDT Medical Foundation Hospital – 69.2 percent

Medical Center Muntinlupa, Inc. – 64.7 percent

Pasay City General Hospital – 62 percent

Rizal Medical Center – 66.9 percent

San Juan Medical Center – 63.9 percent

United Doctors Medical Center – 66.7 percent

Safe

Acebedo General Hospital – No occupied beds

Alabang Medical Center – No occupied beds

Alabang Medical Clinic Muntinlupa Branch – 50 percent

Asian Hospital Inc. – 47.9 percent

Bermudez Polymedic Hospital – 16.7 percent

Calalang General Hospital – No occupied beds

Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center – 29.4 percent

Cruz-Rabe Maternity and General Hospital – No occupied beds

Cure and Care Maternity Hospital OPC – No occupied beds

De Los Santos Medical Center – 46.5 percent

De Ocampo Memorial Medical Center – No occupied beds

Divine Heart Medical Service and Development Cooperative Hospital – No occupied beds

Dr. Fe Del Mundo Medical Center – 57.9 percent

Dr. Jesus C. Delgado Memorial Hospital – 56.3 percent

Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital – 14.5 percent

Dr. Sabili Health Services Corporation – No occupied beds

Fairview General Hospital, Inc. – 30.8 percent

Fatima University Medical Center, Corporation – 52.2 percent

Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission, Inc. – Our Lady of Peace Hospital – 7.4 percent

Garcia General Hospital – No occupied beds

Gen. Miguel Malvar Medical Research Foundation, Inc. – No occupied beds

Holylife Hospital – 16.7 percent

Hospital of the Infant Jesus Medical Center – 21.4 percent

J.P. Sioson General Hospital and Colleges, Inc. – 50 percent

Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center – 48.4 percent

Las Piñas City Medical Center – 24 percent

Manila Naval Hospital – 42.4 percent

Marikina St. Vincent General Hospital, Inc. – 25 percent

Martinez Memorial Hospital, Inc. – 30 percent

Mary Chiles General Hospital, Inc. – 28.3 percent

MCPC St. Therese of Lisieux Doctors Hospital – No occupied beds

Medical Center Manila, Inc. – 32.8 percent

Mission Hospital – 50 percent

National Center for Mental Health – 25 percent

Nodado General Hospital – 16.7 percent

Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center – 57.3 percent

Ospital ng Parañaque – 44 percent

Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Inc. – No occupied beds

Pacific Global Medical Center, Inc. – 34.1 percent

Pasig Doctors Medical Center, Inc. – 28 percent

Perpetual Succor Hospital & Maternity, Inc. – 10 percent

Philippine Heart Center – 50.8 percent

Philippine Orthopedic Center – 26.7 percent

Pope John Paul II Hospital and Medical Center Inc. – 21.1 percent

Protacio Hospital – 16.7 percent

Queensberry Hospital – No occupied beds

Quezon Institute – No occupied beds

Sabater General Hospital, Inc. – No occupied beds

Salve Reginal General Hospital, Inc. – No occupied beds

San Lorenzo Hospital Health Management Co., Inc. – No occupied beds

South Superhighway Medical Center – 50 percent

St. Anthony Medical Center of Marikina, Inc. – No occupied beds

St. Camillus Medical Center – 23.1 percent

St. Christiana Maternity Hospital – No occupied beds

St. Jude General Hospital and Medical Center – 17.6 percent

St. Martin De Porres Charity Hospital – No occupied beds

St. Victoria Hospital – 42.9 percent

Sta. Teresita General Hospital – 40 percent

Tricity Medical Center, Inc. – 16.7 percent

UHBI-Parañaque Doctors Hospital, Inc. – 25 percent

University of Santo Tomas – 40.7 percent

Urology Center of the Philippines, Inc. – No occupied beds

Victoriano Luna Medical Center – 54.2 percent

Villarosa Hospital, Inc. – 22.2 percent

VT Maternity Hospital – No occupied beds

Word of Hope General Hospital Foundation, Inc. – No occupied beds

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