Dip in cases frees up Metro Manila hospital beds for non-COVID patients

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Health workers at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute attend to patients at the triage set up at the hospital lobby on Aug. 15, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — With coronavirus cases in Metro Manila continuing to decrease, some hospitals in the National Capital Region are beginning to focus once more on patients coming in for non-COVID reasons.

 

In an interview aired over ABS-CBN's Teleradyo, Dr. Jonas del Rosario, spokesperson of the Philippine General Hospital, said that only 57 COVID-19 cases remain in the state-run hospital out of the 320 beds allocated for COVID-19 based on the latest census.

 

"That's barely 20% of our beds. This means that we now have the chance to open other wards to cater to non-COVID patients that are coming to the PGH," Del Rosario said in mixed Filipino and English. 

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/nation/2021/12/02/2145259/dip-cases-frees-metro-manila-hospital-beds-non-covid-patients

 

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