PGH, Lung Center brace for post-holiday rise in COVID cases
( Philstar.com) – December 14, 2020 – 4: 38 pm
MANILA, Philippines– While Filipinos are preparing to celebrate Christmas during a pandemic, a minimum of two government medical facilities in Metro Manila are bracing for a possible surge of coronavirus infections.
The Philippine General Health Center and the Lung Center of the Philippines– both designated as COVID-19 referral centers in the capital region– said they have actually prepared in advance for the possible spike in COVID-19 cases after seeing a reduction in the variety of admitted patients in the previous months.
” We are prepared. We did not decrease the variety of beds designated for COVID-19 patients,” PGH spokesperson Dr. Jonas Del Rosario said in Filipino in an interview with TeleRadyo Monday.
Presently, just 97 of the 200 beds devoted to COVID-19 patients in PGH are inhabited.
Meanwhile, Lung Center of the Philippines has a 70- bed capacity for coronavirus cases, with 26 beds inhabited now.
” We’re expecting that after the Christmas break, two or 3 weeks after that, if Filipinos won’t be careful, it will actually increase. We are getting ready for it,” Dr. Antonio Ramos, head of LCP’s administrative services, likewise informed TeleRadyo.
While the two federal government medical facilities are gotten ready for such event, they appealed to the public to continue following minimum health requirements and avoid gatherings this holiday season.
” This is included in our interest the public: you can have exchange gifts however prevent consuming together,” Ramos stated in Filipino.
” We’re hoping there will not be a surge that’s too expensive because we’re opening up our medical facility to non-COVID patients whose numbers are increasing,” Del Rosario said.
In early August, heads of dozens of medical societies in the country called on President Rodrigo Duttye to place Mega Manila to strict community quarantine for 2 weeks to allow health employees to recover from exhaustion and to offer the government time to recalibrate its techniques.
Duterte, though outraged by their appeal, hearkened their call and put Metro Manila and provinces around it under a two-week modified boosted community quarantine.
Lack of resources
The Personal Hospitals Association of the Philippines revealed concern over the absence of personnel and funding ought to there be a spike in COVID-19 cases come January.
” The issue for healthcare facilities right now is that if cases increase excessive and the hopsital does not have adequate resources,” Dr. Jose Rene de Grano, PHAP president, told CNN Philippines Monday.
De Grano said there are not enough health workers to accommodate the possible rise in virus cases because some nurses have actually stopped their jobs due to the risks posed by COVID-19, while others have actually left the country to work overseas.
He included that personal hospitals are also facing funding issues. The PHAP president pointed out the “small delay” in compensation made by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation.
” Private health centers are advocating the repayments to be launched instantly so we will not have difficulties with financing,” he said in Filipino.
Increase in recreation rate
The nation’s recreation rate– or the variety of people who may be infected by a verified case– has actually increased to 1.06 today, Guido David of the OCTA Research study Team said in an interview with TeleRadyo. This may even more increase to 1.2 by the end of the year.
Preferably, the recreation number must be below one.
” Our signs are fine. What we’re trying to say is that cases are starting to rise. Let us not enable that it will continue to rise,” David said.
The Philippines has so far reported 449,400 COVID-19, with 21,980 active infections.
The OCTA Research Group previously projected that coronavirus infections could reach 480,000 by the end of2020 — Gaea Katreena Cabico
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