The hospitals in Puerto Princesa City is on the brink of full capacity as reported by Incident Management Team Commander Dr Dean Palanca over their live COVID-19 update.
COOP Hospital, Ospital ng Palawan, and Adventist Hospital are the only hospitals that cater moderate to severe patients with COVID-19 not only from the city but also from different municipalities in the province.
“Ang importante dito,” said Dr. Palanca, “maintindihan nila na punuan sa ospital ‘yung mga severe at critical. Actually, dito sa IMT kela Dra. Eunice, Dra. Herrera, Dra. Grace…andoon na rin ‘yung mga moderate atsaka ‘yung mga papunta sa severe ay andoon hindi nila maipasok minsan kasi puno na rin. Hindi basta-basta matanggap sa mga hospitals na ’to…”
COOP Hospital has 15 Covid-dedicated beds and is now at 100% full capacity with 2 patients on ventilators.
Ospital Ng Palawan has 9 ICU beds, 51 Covid-dedicated beds, has admitted 56 patients, and is functioning at 93% capacity with 8 patients on ventilators.
And Adventist Hospital has 3 out of service ICU beds, 17 Covid-dedicated beds, has admitted 16 patients, and running at 94% capacity with 4 patients on ventilators.
“Importante na mapangalagaan natin ang ating mga sarili kung tayo ay may COVID…mag-isolate, uminom ng gamot kung may mga gamot, tumawag sa IMT sa hotline, at kung kailangang resetahan [ay] reresetahan po kayo. At ‘wag natin patagalin kung may ubo, kung may sipon ay magpakonsulta po kaagad,” reminded by the IMT Commander.
Meanwhile, active cases of COVID-19 is expected to go down by the middle of November as the city slowly eases its restrictions to help the local economy.
As of November 2, the PPC-CESU has reported a total of 11,975 cases where 932 are currently active cases, 10,664 have recovered, and 379 died.