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.

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.

Graphic by Ed Lustan

These were:

• 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.

Graphic by Ed Lustan

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.

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.

Graphic by Ed Lustan

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.

READ: 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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