The Philippine General Hospital (PGH), for the meantime, will not be accepting patients with non-COVID-19 illnesses.
In a statement on Saturday (Aug. 14), PGH said the refusal of non-COVID-19 patients is to enable the hospital to receive more COVID-19 patients, especially with the recent rise of utilization rates of hospitals in the National Capital Region.
“Ang PGH ay nananatiling COVID-19 Referral Center, at dahil sa dumaraming bilang ng mga COVID patients, kinakailangang magbukas kami ng karagdagang lugar para sa mga ito,” the hospital said.
“Subalit upang mapagtuunang mabuti ang pag-aalaga sa mga may COVID, kami ay pansamantalang hindi muna tatanggap ng mga pasyenteng may ibang medikal na karamdaman na wala namang COVID,” it said.
The PGH said that it will immediately release an advisory for when it will start accepting non-COVID-19 patients once again.
“Humihingi kami ng inyong paumanhin at pang-unawa upang lalo pa naming matugunan ang pangangailangan ng dumaraming bilang ng ating mga kababayang may СOVID.”
Meanwhile, the PGH outpatient department (OPD) will remain closed from Aug. 16 until the next advisory due to the enhanced community quarantine and to help reduce the number of COVID-19 cases.
However, the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and the Cancer Institute will remain open. -PTV News/PG – jlo
