COVID-19 bed capacity: 20 of 149 NCR hospitals under ‘critical’ level — DOH

MANILA, Philippines — Twenty out of 149 hospitals in Metro Manila were placed under critical status in terms of bed capacity solely for COVID-19 patients while 23 were listed under the high-risk status, based on the latest date from the Department of Health (DOH) as of March 14.

The figure increased from the previous 18 hospitals classified as critical last March 13.

Of the hospitals under “critical” level, four have already reached 100 percent bed occupancy, namely:

Bernardino General Hospital I
F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation, Inc.
Ospital ng Makati
Valenzuela Citicare Medical Center Timog Hilaga Providence Group, Inc.

The DOH classifies occupancy levels for COVID-19 beds in health centers as critical, high risk, moderate, and safe.

Under the critical level, hospitals have already reached more than 85 percent of its bed occupancy for COVID-19 patients.

Hospitals are classified as high risk if 70 percent but not more than 85 percent of its COVID-19 beds are occupied, while those with a COVID-19 bed capacity of 60 to 70 percent are classified as moderate.

Hospitals fall under the safe level if bed utilization rate is less than 60 percent.

The bed occupancy rate for the whole of Metro Manila remains at the safe zone at 51.4 percent, or 3,995 out of the 7,775 total beds occupied.

INQUIRER.net analyzed the most recent available data, which is on March 14, 2021, based on the DOH’s COVID-19 tracker.

This article is aimed at showing how prepared Metro Manila hospitals are, should there be a surge in COVID-19 infections.

Only hospitals in Metro Manila, however, that have data on COVID-19 beds allocated for the treatment of coronavirus patients were included in this article.

Critical

Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center Pateros – 88.2 percent
Asian Hospital – 96.7 percent
Bernardino General Hospital I – 100 percent
Bernardino General Hospital II – 85.7 percent
Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center – 89.2 percent
Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital – 92.6 percent
F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation, Inc. – 100 percent
FEU- Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Inc. – 89.5 percent
Marikina Valley Medical Center – 90.9 percent
Novaliches District Hospital – 90.6 percent
Ospital ng Makati – 100 percent
Ospital ng Muntinlupa – 93.9 percent
Ospital ng Sampaloc – 85.7 percent
Rosario Maclang Bautista Hospital – 94.4 percent
San Juan De Dios Educational Foundation – 96.7 percent
St. Luke’s Medical Center, Taguig – 93.3 percent
Sta. Ana Hospital – 97.1 percent
Valenzuela Citicare Medical Center Timog Hilaga Providence Group, Inc. – 100 percent
Veterans Memorial Medical Center – 93.1 percent
Victoriano Luna Medical Center – 96.4 percent

High risk

Allied Care Experts (Ace)  Medical Center Quezon City – 78.3 percent
Army General Hospital – 75.9 percent
Capitol Medical Center Inc. – 84.4 percent
Cardinal Santos Medical Center – 72.1 percent
Dr. Fe Del Mundo Medical Center – 74.2 percent
East Avenue Medical Center – 76.6 percent
Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center – 73.5 percent
Lung Center of the Philippines – 74.7 percent
Makati Medical Center – 77.5 percent
Mandaluyong City Medical Center – 80.4 percent
Metro North Medical Center and Hospital – 76.2 percent
Ospital ng Malabon – 70 percent
Ospital ng Tondo – 80 percent
Pasig Doctors Medical Center Inc. – 75 percent
Philippine Heart Center – 75 percent
Philippine Orthopedic Center – 83.3 percent
Quirino Memorial Medical Center – 73.9 percent
St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City – 75.9 percent
The Medical City – 84.6 percent
Unihealth Parañaque Hospital and Medical Center, Inc. – 73.3 percent
University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital – 71 percent
VRP Medical Center – 83.7 percent
World Citi Medical Center – 77.3 percent

Moderate

A Zarate Hospital – 60 percent
Chinese General Hospital Medical Center – 66.7 percent
Diliman Doctors Hospital Inc. – 64.3 percent
Las Piñas Doctors Hospital – 67.6 percent
Mary Johnston Hospital Inc. – 69.2 percent
Medical Center Manila – 63.8 percent
National Children’s Hospital – 60 percent
National Kidney Transplant Institute – 64.4 percent
Pasay General Hospital – 62.5 percent
Pasig City Children’s Hospital Child’s Hope – 68 percent
Providence Hospital – 66.7 percent
San Juan Medical Center – 62.2 percent
St. Clare’s Medical Center – 66.7 percent
Taguig Pateros District Hospital – 60.4 percent
Tondo Medical Center – 63.3 percent
University of Perpetual Help Dalta Medical Center, Inc. – 63.6 percent

Safe

Adventist Medical Center – 40 percent
Air Force General Hospital – 30 percent
Alabang Medical Center – No occupied beds
Alabang Medical Clinic – No occupied beds
Alabang Medical Clinic Las Piñas branch – 12.5 percent
Alabang Medical Clinic Muntinlupa – No occupied beds
Alfonso Specialist Hospital – No occupied beds
Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center Valenzuela – 44.1 percent
Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center – 43.5 percent
Bermudez PolyClinic Hospital – No occupied beds
Cabarles Maternity Medical and Children’s Clinic – No occupied beds
Calalang General Hospital – 47 percent
Christ The King Medical Center Unihealth Las Piñas Inc. – 50 percent
Cure and Care Maternity Hospital OPC – No occupied beds
D.T. Protacio Hospital – No occupied beds
De Los Santos Medical Center – 52.5 percent
De Ocampo Memorial Medical Center – No occupied beds
Divine Heart Medical Service and Development Cooperative Hospital – No occupied beds
Dr. Jesus Delgado Memorial Hospital – 31.3 percent
Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital – 7.1 percent
Dr. Montano G. Ramos General Hospital Corporation – No occupied beds
Dr. Sabili Health Services Corporation – No occupied beds
E. Zarate Hospital – 33.3 percent
Fairveiw General Hospital – No occupied beds
Fatima University Medical Center Corporation – 46.7 percent
Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission Inc. Our Lady of Peace Hospital – 11.1 percent
Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center – 31.6 percent
Gen. Miguel Malvar Medical Research Foundation Inc. – No occupied beds
HolyLife Hospital – No occupied beds
Hospital of the Infant Jesus Medical Center – 32.1 percent
JP Sioson General Hospital and Colleges Inc. – No occupied beds
Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center – 51.1 percent
Justice Jose Abad General Hospital – 22.2 percent
Las Piñas City Medical Center – 20 percent
Manila Doctors Hospital – No occupied beds
Manila Naval Hospital – 8.3 percent
Marikina Doctors Hospital and Medical Center – 18.2 percent
Marikina St. Vincent General Hospital Inc. – No occupied beds
Martinez Memorial Hospital Inc. – No occupied beds
Mary Chiles General Hospital Inc. – 47.2 percent
MCPC St. Therese of Lisieux Doctors Hospital – No occupied beds
MCU-FDT Medical Foundation Hospital – 43.8 percent
Medical Center Muntinlupa – 40 percent
Medical Center Taguig – 58.8 percent
Medical Center Parañaque – 27.3 percent
Metropolitan Medical Center – 51.9 percent
Mission Hospital – 33.3 percent
National Center for Mental Health – 2.6 percent
Navotas City Hospital – 42.9 percent
Nodado General Hospital – No occupied beds
North Caloocan Doctors Hospital – No occupied beds
Novaliches General Hospital – 25 percent
Olivarez General Hospital – 40 percent
Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center – 18.9 percent
Ospital ng Parañaque – No occupied beds
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Inc. – 51.9 percent
Pacific Global Medical Center – No occupied beds
Pasig City General Hospital – 29.2 percent
Perpetual Succor Hospital and Maternity Inc. – No occupied beds
Philippine Children’s Medical Center – 39.6 percent
Pope John Paul II Hospital and Medical Center – 35.7 percent
Queensberry Hospital – No occupied beds
Quezon City General Hospital – 41.6 percent
Quezon Institute – No occupied beds
Recuenco General Hospital Inc. – No occupied beds
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine – 50 percent
Rizal Medical Center – 38.5 percent
Salve Regina General Hospital – No occupied beds
San Lazaro Hospital – 36 percent
San Lorenzo Hospital Health Management – No occupied beds
San Lorenzo Ruiz Women’s Hospital – 46.2 percent
SDS Medical Center – 36.4 percent
Seamen’s Hospital – 50 percent
St. Anthony Medical Center of Marikina, Inc. – No occupied beds
St. Camillus Medical Center – 15.4 percent
St. Jude General Hospital and Medical Center – 20 percent
St. Martin de Porres Charity Hospital – No occupied beds
St. Victoria Hospital – 14.3 percent
Sta. Teresita General Hospital – No occupied beds
The Premier Medical Center – 56.3 percent
Tricity Medical Center, Inc. – 58.3 percent
Trinity Woman and Child Center “The Birthplace” – No occupied beds
U.E.R.M. Memorial Hospital – 46.7 percent
UHBI – Parañaque Doctors Hospital, Inc. – 40.9 percent
United Doctors Medical Center – No occupied beds
University of Santo Tomas Hospital – 27.2 percent
Valenzuela Medical Center – 49.2 percent
Villarosa Hospital, Inc. – No occupied beds
VT Maternity Hospital – No occupied beds
Word of Hope General Foundation, Inc.  – No occupied beds

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday reported a record-high COVID-19 infections for this year with a total of 5,404 new cases. This brings the country’s total caseload to 626,893.

Of the sum, 53,479 are the active cases and 560,577 are the total recoveries. Meanwhile, 12,837 succumbed to the disease.

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