During the final inspection of the Quezon Institute Modular Hospital, Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar announced that DPWH has already completed a total of 635 facilities nationwide.
“139 out of 635 isolation facilities and off site dormitories are in NCR. The nationwide utilization rate is 16.91% or 21,362 out of 126,358 beds,” Villar added.
Villar noted that in NCR, the current utilization rate is now at 75% or 4938 out of 6576 beds.
The data did not not include beds which utilizes hotels under Oplan Kalinga.
The Quezon Institute Modular Hospital has a total bed capacity of 110 beds inclusive of I.C.U. rooms intended for patients exhibiting moderate to severe symptoms.
“This facility will assist our existing health facilities that are now overwhelmed with the continuous spike in COVID-19 cases, especially in Metro Manila and its neighboring provinces,” said Secretary Villar.
“We continue to expand both the temporary treatment and isolation/monitoring facilities and rest assured that we are doing our best to fast-track completion of health facilities that will back our health care system,” added Secretary Villar.
Earlier, DPWH also completed two (2) units of modular dormitories with 64-bed capacity for the workers manning the operation of Quezon Institute.
In partnership with the DOH, DPWH also facilitated the creation of extensions for level 3 hospitals utilizing similar modular fabricated components which include the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital in Tala, Caloocan City with 22-rooms and operational since last March 2021 and 16-bed pop up hospital at Lung Center of the Philippines which was turned-over in November 2020.
“More COVID-19 isolation facilities are to be completed in the coming days not only within the NCR Plus to ensure patients especially severe cases are catered. Simultaneously, we continue to build more facilities in other areas across the country,” said Secretary Villar.
The national government is working on the construction of at least four modular hospitals in the following locations: NKTI, Quezon Institute, Lung Center, Southern Philippine Medical Center and Dr. Jose Rodriguez Hospital.
