DAVAO CITY The City Government of Davao confirmed Wednesday that it requested the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to put Davao City under a 25-day Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) beginning June 5 until June 30 after nearly seven m
DAVAO CITY, June 2 (PIA) – With the rising cases of COVID19 in the region, the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) recently increased its bed capacity for the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) from 35 beds to 87.
Medical chief of the SPMC Dr. Ricardo Audan bared that the hospital was pushed to convert all its single bed pay ward into an ICU to accommodate the influx of COVID patients needing intensive care service at the said medical center.
“ Sa ngayon 100% malamang ang ating ICU bed capacity kasi kahapon isang bed na lang ang available. Ang atin ring ward ay nasa 92% capacity na (Currently our ICU bed capacity would have reached 100% because yesterday only one bed was available, our ward is also on 92% capacity already),
The City is also requesting those affected in the MECQ zero operational capacity under DTI Memorandum Circular 21-19 to coordinate with the Trabaho Dabawenyo employment assistance at the City Mayor’s Office Special Project Office located inside Magsaysay Park.
Under the MECQ all public transportation vehicles are allowed to travel.
The City Government has again reiterated to residents on the need to stay home unless it is for work or business.
The local government has attempted to stem the tide of surging COVID-19 cases, one of the recent executive orders to address the surge is Executive Order 31 which prohibits non-essential government face-to-face government activities these include inaugurations, ribbon cuttings, team building among many other non-essential government events.
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SunStar Davao File May 31, 2021 THE intensive care units (ICU) beds intended for Covid-19 patients at the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) have already been expanded to 77 beds from 35, but its utilization rate is still nearing full occupancy.
SPMC Chief Dr. Ricardo Audan said in a virtual presser on Monday, May 31, that the additional 42 beds were coming from converted private ward beds. At least, we ll put the minimum requirement for the ICU [beds]. Kinonvert namin yung (We converted our) single beds na pay ward into ICU kaya tumaas siya to 77 [beds], he said.
As of May 30, 76 out of the 77 ICU beds or 98.7 beds are already occupied. While ward beds are also nearing full occupancy as 289 out of the 312 beds or 92.63 ward beds are already occupied. Overall SPMC has a total of 389 beds for Covid-19 patients.