NKTI's COVID-19 beds nearing full capacity

The National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) announced Monday that its beds for cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are nearing full capacity.

According to a “24 Oras” report, executive director Dr. Rose Marie Rosete-Liquete said NKTI’s capacity for COVID-19 patients was already in the “danger zone.”

The facility’s emergency room has already reached capacity.

NKTI appealed to the public to bring COVID-19 cases elsewhere.

However, the hospital will continue to accept renal emergency cases and post-kidney transplant patients.

Earlier on Monday, St. Luke’s Medical Center and the Makati Medical Center both announced that they no longer had intensive care unit beds for COVID-19 patients.

Prior to this, the Philippine General Hospital and San Lazaro Hospital said they had also reached full capacity for COVID-19 cases.

The Department of Health earlier clarified that such announcements refer only to beds dedicated to COVID-19 cases and not the capacity of the entire hospital. -Julia Mari Ornedo/NB, GMA News