Manila Bulletin
Pasay City General Hospital stops accepting COVID-19 patients
Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH) will no longer accept COVID-19 patients starting March 27 due to full bed capacity in its ICU, emergency room, and dedicated COVID-19 wards.
As of 12 noon on March 27, all eight ICU beds and 28 regular beds for confirmed COVID-19 patients are occupied.
The hospital's COVID-19 transition room is at 60 percent capacity with 12 patients.
There are six confirmed cases in transition wards awaiting transfer to confirmed wards, and five probable cases in the ER waiting for transfer to a transition ward.
PCGH officer-in-charge Dr. John Victor De Gracia mentioned that some beds were converted to accommodate infected hospital employees separately.
Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano stated that the city recorded a total of 986 active cases and 162 new cases, emphasizing the need for medical staff to focus on treating patients.
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