As pandemic gnaws at NCR health capacity, 13 hospitals bear brunt of cases
PORT ISOLATION Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday inspects a 45-bed COVID-19 isolation center set up at Eva Macapagal Terminal in Port Area, Manila, as hospitals in Metro Manila hit full capacity. —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ (File photo)
MANILA, Philippines—The capacity of 13 of Metro Manila’s hospitals is being tested like never before as COVID-19 cases gnaw at every bed, ICU space they have.
Of the 13 hospitals, 10 had already reached full bed capacity for COVID-19 patients, according to Department of Health (DOH) data as of May 19.
These hospitals are:
A Zarate General Hospital
Calalang General Hospital
E Zarate Hospital
Fatima University Medical Center
Marikina Doctors Hospital and Medical Center
Metro North Medical Center and Hospital Inc.
Philippine Orthopedic Center
Recuenco General Hospital
Victoriano Luna Medical Center
VRP Medical Center
The pressure had eased as the number of hospitals classified as critical had declined slightly from 16 previously.
READ: COVID-19 beds: 16 NCR hospitals in critical level, 9 under full capacity — DOH
At least 14 hospitals had been placed on the high-risk list from 15 last week.
Latest numbers also showed that 155 facilities have submitted data and categorized according to occupancy levels.
More than half—58.51 percent or 684—of 1,169 ICU beds for COVID-19 patients in Metro Manila hospitals are already in use, according to the same DOH data.
The official data also showed that 40.05 percent, or 1,955, of 4,881 isolation beds had been occupied. At least 43.19 percent, or 1,609, of 3,725 ward beds are in use for COVID-19 patients.
The DOH noted that hospital bed occupancy rate in the entire NCR reached 43.5 percent, which was in “safe zone.” At least 4,248 of 9,775 beds are in use. This was lower than 49.2 percent bed use previously.
The DOH has four classifications of bed occupancy—critical, high risk, moderate and safe.
The situation becomes critical if hospital bed occupancy has reached more than 85 percent.
Hospitals are considered high risk if 70 percent but not more than 85 percent of their beds are occupied.
Hospitals fall in the moderate category if bed capacity is between 60 to 70 percent.
They are safe if bed use is less than 60 percent.
INQUIRER.net analyzed the most recent data—May 19, 2021—based on DOH’s COVID-19 tracker.
This report 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 catastrophe 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.
Critical
- A Zarate General Hospital (100 percent)
- Calalang General Hospital (100 percent)
- E Zarate Hospital (100 percent)
- F.Y. Manalo Medical Foundation (95.9 percent)
- Fatima University Medical Center (100 percent)
- Marikina Doctors Hospital and Medical Center (100 percent)
- Marikina Valley Medical Center (85.7 percent)
- Metro North Medical Center and Hospital (100 percent)
- Philippine Orthopedic Center (100 percent)
- Recuenco General Hospital (100 percent)
- University of Perpetual Help Dalta Medical Center (96.3 percent)
- Victoriano Luna Medical Center (100 percent)
- VRP Medical Center (100 percent)
High-risk
- Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center-Pateros (78.6 percent)
- Capitol Medical Center (73.9 percent)
- East Avenue Medical Center (78.1 percent)
- Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center (77.3 percent)
- National Children’s Hospital (79.2 percent)
- National Kidney and Transplant Institute (80.3 percent)
- Novaliches District Hospital (77.1 percent)
- Ospital ng Makati (81.6 percent)
- Ospital ng Muntinlupa (71.8 percent)
- Pasig City Children’s Hospital Child’s Hope (71.9 percent)
- Rosario Maclang Bautista General Hospital (77.8 percent)
- Seamen’s Hospital (76.2 percent)
- Sta. Teresita General Hospital (80 percent)
- World Citi Medical Center (82.1 percent)
Moderate
- Lung Center of the Philippines (66.9 percent)
- Ospital ng Tondo (60 percent)
- Quirino Memorial Medical Center (64 percent)
- St. Luke’s Medical Center—Global City (64.5 percent)
- U.E.R.M Memorial Hospital (68.4 percent)
- UHBI-Parañaque Doctors Hospital (66.7 percent)
Safe
- Acebedo General Hospital (20 percent)
- Adventist Medical Center Manila (46.2 percent)
- Air Force General Hospital- (17.8 percent)
- Alabang Medical Center (No occupied beds)
- Alabang Medical Clinic (22.2 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 (40 percent)
- Allied Care Experts (ACE) Medical Center-Valenzuela (52.1 percent)
- Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center (37.9 percent)
- Army General Hospital (15.8 percent)
- Asian Hospital Inc. (33 percent)
- Bermudez Polymedic Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Bermudez Polymedic Hospital I (45.5 percent)
- Bermudez Polymedic Hospital II (57.1 percent)
- Caloocan City Medical Center (35.6 percent)
- Cardinal Santos Medical Center (59.8 percent)
- Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (36.1 percent)
- Christ the King Medical Center Unihealth Las Piñas (50 percent)
- Commonwealth Hospital and Medical Center (44.1 percent)
- Cruz-Rabe Maternity and General Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Cure and Care Maternity Hospital OPC (No occupied beds)
- De Los Santos Medical Center (22.6 percent)
- De Ocampo Memorial Medical Center (No occupied beds)
- Diliman Doctors Hospital (56.3 percent)
- Divine Heart Medical Service and Development Cooperative Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Dr. Fe Del Mundo Medical Center (26.2 percent)
- Dr. Jesus C. Delgado Memorial Hospital (50 percent)
- Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital (9.9 percent)
- Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital (31.7 percent)
- Dr. Montano G. Ramos General Hospital (25 percent)
- Dr. Sabili Health Services Corporation (No occupied beds)
- Fairview General Hospital, Inc. (35.7 percent)
- FEU – Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation (47.2 percent)
- Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Mission-Our Lady of Peace Hospital (3.7 percent)
- General Miguel Malvar Medical Research Foundation (No occupied beds
- Hospital of the Infant Jesus Medical Center (21.4 percent)
- J.P. Sioson General Hospital and Colleges (No occupied beds)
- Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (55 percent)
- Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital (27.9 percent)
- Las Piñas City Medical Center (32 percent)
- Las Piñas Doctors Hospital (53.1 percent)
- Las Piñas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center (47.9 percent)
- Makati Medical Center (57.2 percent)
- Mandaluyong City Medical Center (59.5 percent)
- Manila Doctors Hospital (42.6 percent)
- Manila Naval Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Marikina St. Vincent General Hospital (8.3 percent)
- Martinez Memorial Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Mary Chiles General Hospital (21.8 percent)
- Mary Johnston Hospital (27.8 percent)
- MCPC St. Therese of Lisieux Doctors Hospital (20 percent)
- MCU-FDT Medical Foundation Hospital (37.5 percent)
- Medical Center Manila (37.3 percent)
- Medical Center Muntinlupa (51.5 percent)
- Medical Center of Taguig City (51.9 percent)
- Medical Center Parañaque (45 percent)
- Metropolitan Medical Center (47.9 percent)
- Mission Hospital (50 percent)
- National Center for Mental Health (20.6 percent)
- Navotas City Hospital (26.7 percent)
- Nodado General Hospital (25 percent)
- North Caloocan Doctors Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Novaliches General Hospital, Inc. (16.7 percent)
- Olivarez General Hospital (40 percent)
- Ospital ng Malabon (29 percent)
- Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center (16 percent)
- Ospital ng Parañaque (32 percent)
- Ospital ng Sampaloc (33.3 percent)
- Our Lady of Grace Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (40 percent)
- Pacific Global Medical Center (52.9 percent)
- Pasay City General Hospital (36.5 percent)
- Pasig City General Hospital (38.5 percent)
- Pasig Doctors Medical Center (50 percent)
- Perpetual Succor Hospital & Maternity (No occupied beds)
- Philippine Children’s Medical Center (45 percent)
- Philippine Heart Center (31.5 percent)
- Pope John Paul II Hospital and Medical Center (28.6 percent)
- Protacio Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Providence Hospital (40.7 percent)
- Queensberry Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Quezon City General Hospital (55.8 percent)
- Quezon Institute (No occupied beds)
- Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (43.2 percent)
- Rizal Medical Center (51.9 percent)
- Sabater General Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Salve Reginal General Hospital (No occupied beds)
- San Juan De Dios Educational Foundation (31.8 percent)
- San Juan Medical Center (49.3 percent)
- San Lazaro Hospital (26.7 percent)
- San Lorenzo Hospital Health Management (No occupied beds)
- San Lorenzo Ruiz General Hospital (27.5 percent)
- SDS Medical Center (20 percent)
- South Superhighway Medical Center (No occupied beds)
- St. Anthony Medical Center of Marikina (No occupied beds)
- St. Camillus Medical Center (30.8 percent)
- St. Christiana Maternity Hospital (No occupied beds)
- St. Clare’s Medical Center (20 percent)
- St. Jude General Hospital and Medical Center (No occupied beds)
- St. Luke’s Medical Center (47.3 percent)
- St. Martin De Porres Charity Hospital (No occupied beds)
- St. Victoria Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Sta. Ana Hospital (40.5 percent)
- Taguig-Pateros District Hospital (58.2 percent)
- The Medical City (53.5 percent)
- The Premier Medical Center (50 percent)
- Tondo Medical Center (35.4 percent)
- Tricity Medical Center (29.2 percent)
- Trinity Woman and Child Center “The Birthplace” (16.7 percent)
- Unihealth Parañaque Hospital and Medical Center (59.4 percent)
- United Doctors Medical Center (22.2 percent)
- University of Santo Tomas (30.5 percent)
- UP Philippine General Hospital (45.3 percent)
- Urology Center of the Philippines (No occupied beds)
- Valenzuela Citicare Medical Center Timog Hilaga Providence Group (50 percent)
- Valenzuela Medical Center (53.1 percent)
- Veterans Memorial Medical Center (50.2 percent)
- Villarosa Hospital (No occupied beds)
- VT Maternity Hospital (No occupied beds)
- Word of Hope General Hospital Foundation (No occupied beds)
While the COVID-19 bed occupancy rate in Metro Manila dropped to “safe zone” along with the decline in new infections, the DOH had warned the public against complacency and to continue heeding health protocols.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, at a briefing last Monday (May 18), said the health care and ICU use rates in NCR “is now in the safe zone but still at high risk in some NCR Plus areas.”
“We should not be complacent. We should be more strict in complying with health standards,” she added.
READ: DOH warns against complacency as Metro Manila hospitals return to ‘safe zone’
On May 20, DOH reported 6,100 new cases of COVID-19, driving the nationwide count to 1,165,155, including 51,912 active cases, 1,093,602 recovered patients, and 19,641 deaths.
READ: PH’s active cases top 51,000-mark with 6,100 new infections
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