By Gabriela Baron
The emergency room (ER) of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is currently at 200% capacity, its spokesperson said Tuesday, June 7.
In the Laging Handa briefing, PGH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas del Rosario said the state-run hospital only has a 70-bed ER capacity but now caters to 150 patients.
“Sa ngayon po ay may 150 patients po na nasa loob noon kaya 200% po ang excess sa aming capacity at dahil po doon ay masikip po ang emergency room at marami pong pasyente ang hindi matanggap sa ward,” del Rosario said.
He, however, clarified that the increase in ER admission is not COVID-related.
“Halos lahat po ay non-COVID. Napakakaunti lang po ng COVID patients ng PGH ngayon,” del Rosario added.
The PGH official said most of their patients suffer from pneumonia, diabetes, as well as heart, lungs, and kidney-related diseases.
“Halos mag-iisang buwan na rin po na talagang dumadagsa ang pasyente sa aming ospital. Lalo na po itong huling dalawang linggo, talagang umaapaw po iyong aming emergency room,” del Rosario said.
“Marami po kaming mga pasyenteng natatanggap either walk-in po o kaya mga dinadala ng mga ambulansya [mula] sa iba’t ibang ospital,” del Rosario said,” he added. – ag
