Quezon City opens new quarantine facilities as hospitals near full occupancy — official

More quarantine facilities have been opened in Quezon City after some hospitals reported near full occupancy for COVID-19 cases, the City Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance Unit (CESU) said Tuesday.

At the Laging Handa public briefing, CESU head  Dr. Rolando Cruz said mild cases and asymptomatic patients will be admitted at the quarantine facilities to ease the overwhelmed hospitals.

“Karamihan sa mga mild na kaso lang hindi na po natin pinapadala sa mga ospital natin. So lahat po ‘yan ay nandoon sa HOPE facilities,” he said.

(We no longer bring mild cases to hospitals. All of them are being admitted to HOPE facilities.)

“Nag-open na po kami ng bagong quarantine facilities para ma-accommodate ‘yung mga mild cases at saka yung mga asymptomatic,” he added.

(We have already opened new quarantine facilities to accommodate mild cases and asymptomatic patients.)

According to Cruz, the capacity of hospitals for COVID-19 cases is already full because many infected patients from other cities are also being admitted in the health facilities of Quezon City.

Earlier, Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said the capacity of some hospitals in Quezon City, Makati City , and Taguig Cityare under “high risk” category, which means the occupancy of their COVID-19 bed capacity has reached 80 to 85%.

Department of Health data showed 24 hospitals in Metro Manila have already reached full capacity of their intensive care unit (ICU) beds for COVID-19 cases.

According to DOH data analyzed by the GMA News Research team, the following hospitals no longer have available ICU beds for COVID-19 patients as of March 20:

• Pasig City General Hospital
• Metropolitan Medical Center
• Medical Center Manila, Inc.
• Las Piñas Doctors Hospital, Inc.
• Las Piñas General Hospital & Satellite Trauma Center
• St. Luke's Medical Center

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• Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center-Quezon City, Inc.
• Makati Medical Center
• F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation, Inc.
• Chinese General Hospital & Medical Center
• Providence Hospital, Inc.
• National Children's Hospital
• National Kidney And Transplant Institute
• Sta. Ana Hospital
• Mandaluyong City Medical Center
• MCU-FDT Medical Foundation Hospital
• Metro North Medical Center And Hospital, Inc.
• Commonwealth Hospital And Medical Center
• Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center Valenzuela, Inc.
• Asian Hospital Inc.
• Medical Center Muntinlupa, Inc.
• San Lazaro Hospital
• Research Institute For Tropical Medicine
• Unihealth Parañaque Hospital And Medical Center, Inc.

— RSJ, GMA News