The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said that it is mandating the public hospitals to increase their bed allocation for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients to up to 70 percent if there is an increasing volume of patients.
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said they launched a new measure called “One Hospital Command” which aims to decongest medical facilities and to have an efficient referral system.
“Kapag nag surge, pwedeng mag increase to 50 percent. Pag kailangan pa rin, may increase until 70 percent of their bed capacity para doon [When there is a surge , you can increase to 50 percent. If it is still needed, there will be an increase of up to 70 percent of their bed capacity for that],” she said.
Previously, the DOH mandated hospitals to allocate only 30 percent of their total bed capacity for COVID-19 patients. The revision in the guidelines comes amid reports of rising occupancy rates in hospitals in Metro Manila. “Meron tayong allocated beds for specific hospitals in our TTMFs para pag may dumating sa kanila na mild or asymptomatic, doon na nila papapuntahin [We have allocated beds for specific hospitals in our TTMFs —so that when someone comes to them who are mild or asymptomatic, they can send them there]…. So, that’s part also of what we are doing right now so that we can further decongest our hospitals,” said Vergeire.
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