NCR hospitals scene: 76% of ICU beds for COVID-19 patients occupied

MANILA, Philippines — Around 76.18 percent or 595 of 781 total Intensive Care Unite (ICU) beds solely for COVID-19 patients in Metro Manila hospitals are already in use as of March 28, according to Department of Health (DOH) data.

The data likewise indicated that as of the same date, 69.57 percent or 3,216 of 4,623 isolation beds and 58.80 percent or 2,022 of 3,439 ward beds in the capital region are likewise occupied.

Overall, it noted that bed occupancy rate for the whole National Capital Region (NCR) reached 66 percent, with 5,144 of the total 8,843 beds in use.

47 hospitals under ‘critical’ level

Based on the same DOH data, 47 of 154 hospitals in NCR were placed under critical status in terms of bed capacity allotted for COVID-19 patients while 23 were listed under the high-risk status.

The figure for hospitals classified as critical and high-risk increased from the previous 43 and 19, respectively, as of March 23.

Of the hospitals under “critical” level, 24 have already reached 100 percent bed occupancy, namely:

• A Zarate Hospital
• Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center Pateros
• Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center Valenzuela
• Bernardino General Hospital I
• Chinese General Hospital Medical Center
• E. Zarate Hospital
• F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation, Inc.
• FEU- Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Inc.
• Holy Life Hospital
• Las Piñas Doctors Hospital
• Medical Center Manila
• Medical Center Taguig
• Metro North Medical Center and Hospital
• Metropolitan Medical Center
• Novaliches District Hospital
• Ospital ng Muntinlupa
• Ospital ng Sampaloc
• Pasig City Children’s Hospital Child’s Hope
• Rosario Maclang Bautista Hospital
• Seamen’s Hospital
• Sta. Ana Hospital
• University of Perpetual Help Dalta Medical Center, Inc.
• Valenzuela Citicare Medical Center Timog Hilaga Providence Group, Inc.
• Victoriano Luna Medical Center

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

Under the critical level, hospitals have already reached more than 85 percent of their 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 rate are classified as moderate.

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

INQUIRER.net analyzed the most available data – March 28, 2021 – based on DOH’s COVID-19 tracker.

This article aims to show how prepared Metro Manila hospitals are, should there be a rush in COVID-19 infections in the region, which remains the epicenter of the health crisis in the Philippines.

However, only hospitals in Metro Manila that have information on COVID-19 bed allocation for the treatment of new coronavirus patients were included in this article.

Critical

A Zarate Hospital – 100 percent
Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center Pateros – 100 percent
Allied Care Experts (Ace) Medical Center Valenzuela – 100 percent
Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center – 88.3 percent
Bernardino General Hospital I – 100 percent
Bernardino General Hospital II – 85.7 percent
Capitol Medical Center Inc. – 93.9 percent
Chinese General Hospital Medical Center – 100 percent
Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center – 96.9 percent
E. Zarate Hospital – 100 percent
East Avenue Medical Center – 97.1 percent
F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation, Inc. – 100 percent
FEU- Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Inc. – 100 percent
HolyLife Hospital – 100 percent
Las Piñas Doctors Hospital – 100 percent
Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center – 95.6 percent
Lung Center of the Philippines – 90.4 percent
Makati Medical Center – 97.6 percent
Mandaluyong City Medical Center – 87.2 percent
Manila Doctors Hospital  – 98.3 percent
Medical Center Manila – 100 percent
Medical Center Taguig – 100 percent
Metro North Medical Center and Hospital – 100 percent
Metropolitan Medical Center – 100 percent
National Kidney Transplant Institute – 89.7 percent
Novaliches District Hospital – 100 percent
Ospital ng Makati – 98.3 percent
Ospital ng Muntinlupa – 100 percent
Ospital ng Sampaloc – 100 percent
Pasig City Children’s Hospital Child’s Hope – 100 percent
Quezon City General Hospital – 89.1 percent
Rosario Maclang Bautista Hospital – 100 percent
San Juan De Dios Educational Foundation – 86.7 percent
San Lorenzo Ruiz Women’s Hospital – 96.2 percent
Seamen’s Hospital – 100 percent
St. Luke’s Medical Center, Quezon City – 94.1 percent
St. Luke’s Medical Center, Taguig – 85.2 percent
Sta. Ana Hospital – 100 percent
Taguig Pateros District Hospital – 96 percent
The Medical City – 89.7 percent
Tondo Medical Center – 85.6 percent
Unihealth Parañaque Hospital and Medical Center, Inc. – 87.5 percent
University of Perpetual Help Dalta Medical Center, Inc. – 100 percent
Valenzuela Citicare Medical Center Timog Hilaga Providence Group, Inc. – 100 percent
Veterans Memorial Medical Center – 91.5 percent
Victoriano Luna Medical Center – 100 percent
World Citi Medical Center – 94.4 percent

High-risk

Adventist Medical Center – 73 percent
Army General Hospital – 76.4 percent
Cardinal Santos Medical Center – 74.4 percent
Christ The King Medical Center Unihealth Las Piñas Inc. – 83.3 percent
De Los Santos Medical Center – 75 percent
Diliman Doctors Hospital Inc. – 84.4 percent
Dr. Fe Del Mundo Medical Center – 79.5 percent
Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital – 72.4 percent
Dr. Montano G. Ramos General Hospital Corporation – 80 percent
Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center – 76.3 percent
Marikina Valley Medical Center – 77.3 percent
Ospital ng Malabon – 76.7 percent
Ospital ng Tondo – 80 percent
Pasay General Hospital – 82.7 percent
Pasig Doctors Medical Center Inc. – 81.3 percent
Quirino Memorial Medical Center – 80.4 percent
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine – 84.8 percent
St. Clare’s Medical Center – 73.3 percent
St. Victoria Hospital – 71.4 percent
U.E.R.M. Memorial Hospital – 71.4 percent
University of the Philippines Philippine General Hospital – 83 percent
VRP Medical Center – 71.4 percent

Moderate

Alabang Medical Center – 60 percent
Allied Care Experts (Ace)  Medical Center Quezon City – 69.6 percent
Dr. Jesus Delgado Memorial Hospital – 68.8 percent
Justice Jose Abad General Hospital – 60 percent
Las Piñas City Medical Center – 60 percent
Medical Center Muntinlupa – 69.6 percent
Navotas City Hospital – 66.7 percent
Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center – 67.8 percent
San Juan Medical Center – 64.4 percent
San Lazaro Hospital – 66.7 percent
SDS Medical Center – 63.6 percent
The Premier Medical Center – 62.5 percent
UHBI – Parañaque Doctors Hospital, Inc. – 63.6 percent

Safe

Acebedo General Hospital – No occupied beds
Alabang Medical Clinic – 33.3 percent
Alabang Medical Clinic Las Piñas branch – No occupied beds
Alabang Medical Clinic Muntinlupa – 20 percent
Alfonso Specialist Hospital – No occupied beds
Asian Hospital – 57.5 percent
Bermudez PolyClinic Hospital – 16.7 percent
Calalang General Hospital – No occupied beds
Caloocan City Medical Center – 56.9 percent
Cruz-Rabe Maternity and General Hospital – No occupied beds
Cure and Care Maternity Hospital OPC – 9.1 percent
D.T. Protacio Hospital – 50 percent
De Ocampo Memorial Medical Center – 25 percent
Divine Heart Medical Service and Development Cooperative Hospital – No occupied beds
Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital – 13 percent
Dr. Sabili Health Services Corporation – No occupied beds
Fairveiw General Hospital – No occupied beds
Fatima University Medical Center Corporation – 46.6 percent
Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission Inc. Our Lady of Peace Hospital – 18.5 percent
Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center – 40.5 percent
Gen. Miguel Malvar Medical Research Foundation Inc. – No occupied beds
Hospital of the Infant Jesus Medical Center – 34.5 percent
JP Sioson General Hospital and Colleges Inc. – No occupied beds
Manila Naval Hospital – 4.2 percent
Marikina Doctors Hospital and Medical Center – 54.5 percent
Marikina St. Vincent General Hospital Inc. – 8.3 percent
Martinez Memorial Hospital Inc. – No occupied beds
Mary Chiles General Hospital Inc. – 47.3 percent
Mary Johnston Hospital Inc. – 47.2 percent
MCPC St. Therese of Lisieux Doctors Hospital – No occupied beds
MCU-FDT Medical Foundation Hospital – 57.1 percent
Medical Center Parañaque – 20 percent
Mission Hospital – 40 percent
National Center for Mental Health – 19.4 percent
National Children’s Hospital – 53.3 percent
Nodado General Hospital – No occupied beds
North Caloocan Doctors Hospital – No occupied beds
Novaliches General Hospital – 8.3 percent
Olivarez General Hospital – 30 percent
Ospital ng Parañaque – No occupied beds
Our Lady of Grace Hospital Inc. – No occupied beds
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Inc. – 45.7 percent
Pacific Global Medical Center – 53.1 percent
Pasig City General Hospital – 41.3 percent
Perpetual Succor Hospital and Maternity Inc. – No occupied beds
Philippine Children’s Medical Center – 37.5 percent
Philippine Heart Center – 52.1 percent
Philippine Orthopedic Center – 58.3 percent
Pope John Paul II Hospital and Medical Center – 40.5 percent
Providence Hospital – 41.7 percent
Queensberry Hospital – No occupied beds
Quezon Institute – No occupied beds
Recuenco General Hospital Inc. – 50 percent
Rizal Medical Center – 59 percent
Sabater Hospital – No occupied beds
Salve Regina General Hospital – No occupied beds
San Lorenzo Hospital Health Management – No occupied beds
South Superhighway Medical Center – No occupied beds
St. Anthony Medical Center of Marikina, Inc. – No occupied beds
St. Camillus Medical Center – 53.8 percent
St. Christiana Maternity Hospital – No occupied beds
St. Jude General Hospital and Medical Center – 30 percent
St. Martin de Porres Charity Hospital – No occupied beds
Sta. Teresita General Hospital – No occupied beds
Tricity Medical Center, Inc. – 33.3 percent
Trinity Woman and Child Center “The Birthplace” – No occupied beds
United Doctors Medical Center – 30.8 percent
University of Santo Tomas Hospital – 25.3 percent
Valenzuela Medical Center – 41.9 percent
Villarosa Hospital, Inc. – No occupied beds
VT Maternity Hospital – No occupied beds
Word of Hope General Foundation, Inc. – No occupied beds

The DOH on Tuesday reported 9,296 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total active coronavirus cases in the country to 124,680.

Of the tally, 603,310 patients survived while 13,191 succumbed to the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

The Philippines’ total COVID-19 caseload is 741,181.

On Monday, the health department reported its all-time high single-day tally of 10,016 new infections in the country.

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