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During President Duterte’s Cabinet meeting, Galvez reported that the country is short of more than 600 ICU beds since the current assessment is that at least 2,000 ICU beds are needed due to coronavirus infection rate while the latest inventory revealed that there are only 1,395 ICU beds available.
“Sa ngayon, may more than 100,000 na po tayo na active case and normally two percent po noon ay severe at saka critical so we will be needing 2,000 beds for severe and critical (Right now, we have more than 100,000 active cases and normally about two percent are severe and critical [cases] so we will be needing 2,000 beds for severe and critical [cases]),” Galvez told Duterte.
April 09, 2021 A TOTAL of 136 doctors and nurses from the regions have been assigned to 10 hospitals in the National Capital Region (NCR) to augment the medical workforce attending to the increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients.
As of Friday, April 9, 2021, the number of active Covid-19 cases in the country has soared to a new record of 178,351 as the Department of Health (DOH) reported 12,225 new infections.
Covid-19 deaths nationwide also hit a new high as the DOH reported 401 mortalities Friday, including 213 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries but were validated to be deaths.
Most of these new cases and deaths were reported in the NCR, according to the DOH.
SunStar 136 health workers from regions deployed in NCR hospitals
MANILA. Some of the healthcare workers from the regions who will augment the medical workforce in Metro Manila arrive in the capital on April 7, 2021. (Contributed/DOH)
CEBU. Fifty healthcare workers from Cebu leave for Manila on April 7, 2021. (Contributed/DOH)
+ April 08, 2021 A TOTAL of 136 doctors and nurses from the regions have been assigned to 10 hospitals in the National Capital Region (NCR) to augment the medical workforce attending to the increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients.
The Department of Health (DOH) said the first batch of medical workers consisted of 42 doctors and nurses from Ilocos, Calabarzon and Bicol regions.
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According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, more tents will be established to serve as temporary health care facilities for coronavirus patients since it would take time to build hospitals.
The latest decision was reached during a meeting held by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Senator Christopher Go and Health Secretary Francisco Duque last weekend.
“We had a special meeting actually, attended by ES and Senator Bong Go with Secretary Duque, there is now plan to build mobile tents, ICU facilities of up to 200 beds so we have even identified the area, owned by a government-owned and -controlled corporation for this special ICU facility,” Roque said over ANC’s Headstart program Monday, April 5.