7 NCR hospitals still at full COVID-19 bed capacity — DOH

MANILA, Philippines — Seven out of the 127 hospitals in the National Capital Region (NCR) remained at full capacity for its COVID-19 beds, latest data from the Department of Health (DOH) revealed.

According to the Oct. 14 data from the DOH COVID-19 tracker, Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center Valenzuela; Mary Chiles General Hospital Inc.; National Center for Mental Health; Rosario Maclang Bautista Hospital; SDS Medical Center; Taguig Pateros District Hospital; and Victoriano Luna Medical Center reported 100 percent COVID-19 bed occupancy rate.

Meanwhile, the University of Santo Tomas Hospital in Manila, which recorded a100-percent COVID-19 bed occupancy rate last Oct. 6, and was under “danger” zone, now documented an 81.8 percent occupancy rate COVID-19 beds this Oct. 14.

The Hospital Of The Infant Jesus Medical Center was added in the NCR hospitals with a full capacity of beds for COVID-19 patients as its bed occupancy rose from 33.3 percent to 100 percent.

Also, the number of hospitals under danger zone retained at 27 out of the 127 hospitals in Metro Manila.

DOH said previously that “danger level” means that beds for COVID-19 patients in hospitals have more than 70 percent occupancy. These hospitals are vulnerable to being full in case there is a surge of COVID-19 cases in these areas.

The bed occupancy rate for the whole Metro Manila remained at “warning level” with 52.4 percent, as 3,270 beds out of 6,237 total beds are occupied.

This decreased by 0.2 percent from the Oct. 6 figures with 52.6 percent as 3,369 out of 6,408 total COVID-19 beds are occupied.

A “warning” level is a classification for hospitals that have a 30 percent to 70 percent utilization rate.

Meanwhile, hospitals are tagged as “safe” if their bed occupancy is less than 30 percent.

INQUIRER.net analyzed the most available data, dated Oct. 14, 2020, based on the DOH’ COVID-19 tracker.

Of the 136 hospitals recorded last Sept. 30, nine were either removed or did not have data in the DOH tracker.

The removed medical facilities were identified as:

– Cabarles Maternity Medical and Children’s Clinic
– Caloocan City North Medical Center
– Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo Hospital
– Jesus Immaculate Concepcion Hospital
– Tagig Doctors Hospital
– University of the Philippines Health Service
– Valenzuela City Emergency Hospital
– Vian Family Hospital II
– Villarosa Hospital, Inc.

INQUIRER.net sought an explanation from DOH regarding the removal of the hospitals but has yet to receive a reply, as of posting.

This story aims to show how hospitals are ready should there be a sudden rise of coronavirus cases. However, only hospitals in Metro Manila that have data on COVID-19 beds allocated for coronavirus patients were included in this story.

‘Danger’

Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center Valenzuela Inc. – 100 percent
Asian Hospital – 76.5 percent
East Avenue Medical Center – 73.6 percent
F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation, Inc. -81.5 percent
Hospital Of The Infant Jesus Medical Center – 100 percent
Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center -78.5 percent
Las Piñas Doctors Hospital – 86.7 percent
Las Piñas General Hospital And Satellite Trauma Center – 76.8 percent
Makati Medical Center – 85.9 percent
Mary Chiles General Hospital Inc. – 100 percent
National Center for Mental Health – 100 percent
National Kidney Transplant Institute – 91.2 percent
Ospital ng Muntinlupa – 88.5 percent
Ospital ng Sampaloc – 72.2 percent
Pacific Global Medical Center – 77.8 percent
Philippine Children’s Medical Center – 83.3 percent
Providence Hospital – 81.3 percent
Rizal Medical Center – 70.9 percent
Rosario Maclang Bautista Hospital – 100 percent
SDS Medical Center – 100 percent
St. Victoria Hospital 71.4 percent
Taguig Pateros District Hospital – 100 percent
Tondo Medical Center – 79.3 percent
University of Santo Tomas Hospital – 81.8 percent
Valenzuela Medical Center – 75.4 percent
Veterans Memorial Medical Center – 79.6 percent
Victoriano Luna Medical Center – 100 percent

‘Warning’

Adventist Medical Center – 44 percent
Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center Pateros – 68.8 percent
Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center – 46.7 percent
Bernardino General Hospital II- 57.1 percent
Caloocan City Medical Center – 35.2 percent
Capitol Medical Center, Inc. – 64.5 percent
Commonwealth Hospital And Medical Center – 43.7 percent
Dr. Victor R. Potenciano Medical Center – 48.9 percent
E Zarate Hospital – 66.7 percent
FEU – Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation, Inc. – 38.9 percent
Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center – 50 percent
Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital – 31.3 percent
Las Piñas City Medical Center – 37.5 percent
Lung Center Of The Philippines – 66.7 percent
Mandaluyong City Medical Center – 50 percent
Manila Doctors Hospital – 30.8 percent
Marikina Valley Medical Center – 45.2 percent
Mary Johnston Hospital Inc. – 45..8 percent
MCU – Fdt Medical Foundation Hospital – 50 percent
Medical Center Muntinlupa – 61.5 percent
Medical Center Taguig – 55.6 percent
Metro North Medical Center And Hospital Inc. -33.3 percent
Mission Hospital – 45.5 percent
National Children’s Hospital – 59.2 percent
Navotas City Hospital – 47.6 percent
Novaliches District Hospital – 65.6 percent
Ospital ng Makati – 55.3 percent
Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center – 41.2 percent
Ospital ng Tondo – 38.5 percent
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Inc. – 32.6 percent
Pasay General Hospital – 32 percent
Pasig City Children’s Hospital Child’s Hope – 59.3 percent
Pasig City General Hospital – 60 percent
Philippine Heart Center – 49.1 percent
Quezon City General Hospital – 46.5 percent
Quirino Memorial Medical Center – 49.3 percent
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine – 30.4 percent
San Juan De Dios Educational Foundation – 30.6 percent
San Juan Medical Center – 44.2 percent
San Lazaro Hospital – 36.9 percent
San Lorenzo Ruiz Women’s Hospital – 32.5 percent
Seamen’s Hospital – 57.1 percent
St. Camillus Medical Center – 30.8 percent
St. Luke’s Medical Center, Taguig – 54.6 percent
Sta. Ana Hospital – 57.8 percent
The Medical City – 63.8 percent
Tricity Medical Center, Inc. – 56.3 percent
U.E.R.M. Memorial Hospital – 60 percent
Unihealth Parañaque Hospital and Medical Center, Inc. – 50 percent
University of Perpetual Help Dalta Medical Center, Inc. – 63.3 percent
University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital – 56.8 percent
Valenzuela Citicare Medical Center Timog Hilaga Providence Group, Inc. – 40 percent
World Citi Medical Center – 66.7 percent

‘Safe’

A Zarate Hospital – 25 percent
Air Force General Hospital – 16.5 percent
Alabang Medical Clinic Las Piñas Branch – No occupied beds
Alabang Medical Clinic Muntinlupa Branch -No occupied beds
Alfonso Specialist Hospital – No occupied beds
Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center Quezon City – 16.7 percent
Beato Caulian Hospital – No occupied beds
Bermudez PolyClinic Hospital – No occupied beds
Bernardino General Hospital I – 25 percent
Christ The King Medical Center Unihealth Las Piñas, Inc. – No occupied beds
Cardinal Santos Medical Center – 27.1 percent
Chinese General Hospital And Medical Center – 27.8 percent
D.T. Protacio Hospital – No occupied beds
De Los Santos Medical Center – 23.1 percent
De Ocampo Memorial Medical Center – No occupied beds
Diliman Doctors Hospital, Inc. – 28 percent
Dr. Fe Del Mundo Medical Center – 22.2 percent
Dr. Jesus C. Delgado Memorial Hospital – No occupied beds
Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital – 15.3 percent
Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital – 23.2 percent
Dr. Montano G. Ramos General Hospital Corp. – No occupied beds
Fatima University Medical Center, Corporation – 9.5 percent
Foundation Of Our Lady Of Peace Mission, Inc. – Our Lady Of Peace Hospital – 11.1 percent
Gen. Miguel Malvar Medical Research Foundation, Inc. – No occupied beds
Holylife Hospital – No occupied beds
Manila Naval Hospital – 8.3 percent
Marikina Doctors Hospital And Medical Center – No occupied beds
Marikina St. Vincent General Hospital Inc. -No occupied beds
MCPC St. Therese Of Lisieux Doctors Hospital – No occupied beds
Medical Center Manila – 27.7 percent
Medical Center Parañaque – 11.1 percent
Metropolitan Medical Center – 28.3 percent
Novaliches General Hospital – 20 percent
Olivarez General Hospital – 10 percent
Ospital ng Malabon – 20 percent
Pasig Doctors Medical Center Inc. – 25 percent
Philippine Orthopedic Center – 22.7 percent
Pope John Paul II Hospital and Medical Center – 19.2 percent
Salve Regina General Hospital – No occupied beds
San Lorenzo Hospital Health Management – No occupied beds
St. Clare’s Medical Center – 10 percent
St. Jude General Hospital and Medical Center – No occupied beds
St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City – 20.7 percent
The Premier Medical Center – No occupied beds
UHBI – Parañaque Doctors Hospital, Inc. – 22.2 percent
United Doctors Medical Center – No occupied beds
VT Maternity Hospital – No occupied beds

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