The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is a health institution for COVID-19 patients in Manila, which recently reported no admission increase. | Photo courtesy: Philippine News Agency
The number of hospital admission with COVID-19 cases remained slow amid the first detection of omicron subvariant BA 2.12.1 in the Philippines, on May 13.
The Department of Health (DOH) COVID-19 surveillance system reported two local cases possessing mild symptoms from Metro, Manila, with no international travel history.
Despite the threat of a new surge of a more infectious variant, the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is still not seeing an increase in COVID-19 patients so far.
Currently, the record of COVID-19 admissions in PGH is said to only have mild to moderate symptoms, and some of them are referred to have “incidental COVID”.
“Majority po ng mga nakaadmit ay unvaccinated. Meron din pong mga vaccinated pero eto po ang interesting na nakita namin, lahat po ng aming pasyente nasa ICU, even for the the past few weeks, lahat po sila walang booster,” said Dr. Jose Jonas Del Rosario, PGH Spokesperson in an ANC interview.
(English translation: The majority of those who are admitted are unvaccinated. There are also vaccinated individuals, but what’s interesting is all of the patients in the ICU, even for the past few weeks, don’t have a booster shot.)
“Doon naman po sa mga naka-admit sa ward, I would say po mga 70 percent ay unvaccinated, the rest po ay vaccinated,” Del Rosario added.
(English translation: For those who are admitted to the ward, I would say that only 70 percent are unvaccinated, the rest are vaccinated.)
Meanwhile, 11 foreign tourists and one local case were detected to have recovered from the virus and have completed their home isolation at Puerto Princesa City.
The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines also reported no increase in COVID-19 admissions.
However, this concerned the PGH over the possible rise of Filipino healthcare workers who seek employment abroad amid the pandemic.
“Marami po kaming nakikitang resignation ngayon, ‘yung iba po mga skilled po talaga sila. ‘Yun po ang aming problema,” the PGH Spokesperson said.
(English translation: We have seen a lot of resignations recently, and some of them are really skilled. That is our problem.)
“In fact ang PGH ay nanawagan sa mga nurses dyan na mag-apply po. Marami po kaming bakante ngayon hindi lang po sa ICU or operating rooms, pati rin po sa mga wards,” Del Rosario added.
(English translation: In fact, the PGH is calling all the nurses out there to please apply. We have a lot of vacancies, not just in the ICU or operating rooms, but also in the wards.)
The Philippines had to limit the number of healthcare workers seeking another work opportunity abroad, preparing for a possible surge as Omicron BA.4 was recently detected on May 21.
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