COVID-19 beds in 15 NCR hospitals 100% occupied, 30 in critical level — DOH

A hospital scenario captured by an employee at a government hospital in Quezon City. Contributed photo

MANILA, Philippines — Out of the 30 hospitals in Metro Manila that were placed under critical status in terms of bed capacity solely for COVID-19 patients, 15 have already reached 100 percent bed occupancy based on the latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) as of April 28.

The hospitals that have reported full bed occupancy were:

A Zarate General Hospital Alabang Medical Center Bermudez Polymedic Hospital I Calalang General Hospital E Zarate Hospital F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation Marikina Valley Medical Center Medical Center Parañaque, Inc. Metro North Medical Center and Hospital Inc. Pasig Doctors Medical Center, Inc. Recuenco General Hospital, Inc. St. Luke’s Medical Center St. Victoria Hospital VRP Medical Center World Citi Medical Center

The figures decreased from the previous 42 hospitals classified as critical and 22 under full bed occupancy last April 21.

Around 27 hospitals were meanwhile listed under the high-risk status.

The recent data also bared that 156 facilities have submitted their data and were categorized based on their occupancy levels while only 155 hospitals were listed in the health department’s COVID-19 tracker last week.

In addition, around 71.67 percent or 797 of 1,112 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 indicated that as of the same date, 53.55 percent or 2,965 of 5,537 isolation beds, and 62.66 percent or 2,000 of 3,192 ward beds in NCR are likewise occupied.

Overall, it noted that the bed occupancy rate for the whole NCR reached 58.6 percent, with 5,762 of the total 9,841 beds in use. This is lower than the recorded 64.6 percent bed occupancy rate last week

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

Under the critical level, hospitals have already reached more than 85 percent of their bed occupancy for COVID-19 patients.

Hospitals are classified as high risk if 70 percent but not more than 85 percent of its COVID-19 beds are occupied, while those with a COVID-19 bed capacity of 60 to 70 percent rate are classified as moderate.

Hospitals fall under the safe level if their bed utilization rate is less than 60 percent.

INQUIRER.net analyzed the most available data –April 28, 2021 – based on DOH’s COVID-19 tracker.

This article aims to show how prepared Metro Manila hospitals are, should there be a rush in COVID-19 infections in the region, which remains the epicenter of the health crisis in the Philippines.

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 Alabang Medical Center – 100 percent Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – Pateros, Inc. – 92.9 percent Bermudez Polymedic Hospital I – 100 percent Calalang General Hospital – 100 percent Diliman Doctors Hospital, Inc. – 87.5 percent E Zarate Hospital – 100 percent East Avenue Medical Center – 86.3 percent F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation – 100 percent Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center – 98.5 percent Makati Medical Center – 98.6 percent Marikina Doctors Hospital and Medical Center, Inc. – 88.9 percent Marikina Valley Medical Center – 100 percent Medical Center of Taguig City, Inc. – 96.9 percent Medical Center Parañaque, Inc. – 100 percent Metro North Medical Center and Hospital Inc. – 100 percent Metropolitan Medical Center – 93.7 percent National Children’s Hospital – 87.5 percent National Kidney and Transplant Institute – 95.5 percent Novaliches District Hospital – 87.5 percent Pasig City Children’s Hospital Child’s Hope – 99.1 percent Pasig Doctors Medical Center, Inc. – 100 percent Recuenco General Hospital, Inc. – 100 percent Research Institute for Tropical Medicine – 88.9 percent Seamen’s Hospital – 90.5 percent St. Luke’s Medical Center – 100 percent St. Victoria Hospital – 100 percent Victoriano Luna Medical Center –  96.2 percent VRP Medical Center – 100 percent World Citi Medical Center – 100 percent

High risk

Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – Quezon City, Inc. – 83.3 percent Bermudez Polymedic Hospital II – 71.4 percent Caloocan City Medical Center – 80 percent Capitol Medical Center, Inc. – 76.1 percent Cardinal Santos Medical Center – 81.5 percent Gat Nadres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center – 78 percent Lung Center of the Philippines – 80.3 percent Medical Center Muntinlupa, Inc. – 75.8 percent Olivarez General Hospital, Inc. – 70 percent Ospital ng Makati – 77.3 percent Ospital ng Malabon – 80.6 percent Ospital ng Muntinlupa – 83.2 percent Ospital ng Sampaloc – 76.7 percent Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Inc. – 82.1 percent Philippine Orthopedic Center – 75 percent Quezon City General Hospital – 75.7 percent Quirino Memorial Medical Center – 83.5 percent Rosario Maclang Bautista General Hospital – 72.2 percent SDS Medical Center – 80 percent St. Clare’s Medical Center, Inc. – 80 percent St. Luke’s Medical Center – Global City – 83.9 percent Taguig-Pateros District Hospital – 81.7 percent The Medical City – 84.8 percent The Premier Medical Center – 73.3 percent University of Perpetual Help Dalta Medical Center, Inc. – 81.6 percent UP  Philippine General Hospital – 80.2 percent Veterans Memorial Medical Center – 71.6 percent

Moderate

Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center – Valenzuela, Inc. – 67.4 percent Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center – 61.8 percent Christ the King Medical Center Unihealth Las Piñas, Inc. – 66.7 percent Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center – 69.2 percent Dr. Fe Del Mundo Medical Center – 64.3 percent Dr. Jesus C. Delgado Memorial Hospital – 62.5 percent Fatima University Medical Center, Corporation – 62.5 percent Manila Doctors Hospital – 64.6 percent Medical Center Manila, Inc. – 67.2 percent Pasay City General Hospital – 69.2 percent Rizal Medical Center – 64.7 percent San Juan Medical Center – 64 percent San Lorenzo Ruiz General Hospital – 65 percent UHBI-Parañaque Doctors Hospital, Inc. – 64 percent Unihealth Parañaque Hospital and Medical Center, Inc. – 62.5 percent University of Santo Tomas – 66.1 percent

Safe

Acebedo General Hospital – 20 percent Adventist Medical Center Manila – 53.5 percent Air Force General Hospital – 44 percent Alabang Medical Clinic – 44.4 percent Alabang Medical Clinic Las Piñas Branch – No occupied beds Alabang Medical Clinic Muntinlupa Branch – 37.5 percent Alfonso Specialist Hospital – No occupied beds Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center – 48.3 percent Army General Hospital – 35.3 percent Asian Hospital Inc. – 40 percent Bermudez Polymedic Hospital – No occupied beds Cruz-Rabe Maternity and General Hospital – No occupied beds Cure and Care Maternity Hospital OPC – No occupied beds De Los Santos Medical Center – 30.2 percent De Ocampo Memorial Medical Center – No occupied beds Divine Heart Medical Service and Development Cooperative Hospital – No occupied beds Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital – 21.6 percent Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital – 54.6 percent Dr. Montano G. Ramos General Hospital Corporation – 50 percent Dr. Sabili Health Services Corporation – 8.3 percent Fairview General Hospital, Inc. – 30.8 percent FEU – Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Inc. – 50 percent Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission, Inc. – Our Lady of Peace Hospital – 3.7 percent Gen. Miguel Malvar Medical Research Foundation, Inc. – 25 percent Holylife Hospital – No occupied beds Hospital of the Infant Jesus Medical Center – 21.4 percent J.P. Sioson General Hospital and Colleges, Inc. – No occupied beds Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center – 57 percent Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital – 25 percent Las Piñas City Medical Center – 32 percent Las Piñas Doctors Hospital, Inc. – 57.6 percent Mandaluyong City Medical Center – 54.1 percent Manila Naval Hospital – 9.1 percent Marikina St. Vincent General Hospital, Inc. – 8.3 percent Martinez Memorial Hospital, Inc. – No occupied beds Mary Chiles General Hospital, Inc. – 25.5 percent Mary Johnston Hospital, Inc. – 47.2 percent MCPC St. Therese of Lisieux Doctors Hospital – 20 percent MCU – FDT Medical Foundation Hospital – 58.3 percent Mission Hospital – 50 percent National Center for Mental Health – 21.7 percent Navotas City Hospital – 46.7 percent Nodado General Hospital – 25 percent North Caloocan Doctors Hospital, Inc. – No occupied beds Novaliches General Hospital, Inc. – 55.6 percent Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center – 34.9 percent Ospital ng Parañaque – 58.3 percent Ospital ng Tondo – 25 percent Our Lady of Grace Hospital, Inc. – No occupied beds Pacific Global Medical Center, Inc. – No occupied beds Pasig City General Hospital – 42 percent Perpetual Succor Hospital & Maternity, Inc. – 5.3 percent Philippine Children’s Medical Center – 27.5 percent Philippine Heart Center – 23.7 percent Pope John Paul II Hospital and Medical Center Inc. – 34.8 percent Protacio Hospital – 16.7 percent Providence Hospital, Inc. – 44.8 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 Juan De Dios Educational Foundation Inc. – 46.8 percent San Lazaro Hospital – 58 percent San Lorenzo Hospital Health Management Co., Inc. – No occupied beds South Superhighway Medical Center – 16.7 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 Sta. Ana Hospital – 50 percent Sta. Teresita General Hospital – 40 percent Tondo Medical Center – 52.3 percent Tricity Medical Center, Inc. – 32.1 percent Trinity Woman and Child Center “The Birthplace” – No occupied beds U.E.R.M Memorial Hospital – 59.5 percent United Doctors Medical Center – 22.2 percent Urology Center of the Philippines, Inc. – No occupied beds Valenzuela Citicare Medical Center Timog Hilaga Providence Group, Inc. – 42.9 percent Valenzuela Medical Center – 53.1 percent Villarosa Hospital, Inc. – 11.1 percent VT Maternity Hospital – No occupied beds Word of Hope General Hospital Foundation, Inc.  – No occupied beds

On April 29, DOH reported 8,276 new cases of COVID-19, driving the nationwide count to 1,028,738, including 69,354 active cases, 942,239 recovered patients, and 17,145 deaths.

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