PHAP: Private hospitals could reach full capacity within 3-4 weeks

Private hospitals could reach full capacity within three to four weeks if the upward trend of COVID-19 cases continues, PHAP president Dr. Jose Rene De Grano warned on Friday.

De Grano told ANC that without intervention, private hospital bed occupancy rates will peak in the next month.

He attributed the recent rise in cases to new coronavirus variants, economic reopening, and relaxed adherence to health protocols.

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