Dr. Ashley Lopez, acting head of the City Health Office (CHO), declared that the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) are now 100% occupied amid the continuing surge of Covid-19 confirmed cases in Davao City.
This pertains to the hospital utilization rate of SPMC, which is at critical level and 100-percent occupied almost everyday while the isolation and covered ward beds are above 70-percent occupied.
“This will reflect kung unsa’y mahitabo kung ang atong hospital is being overwhelmed already. Ako na ginasulti sauna na pag-ma-overwhelm gani ang atong hospital damay gyud pati ang atong mga pasyente particularly those with severe and critical cases who really need medical care. We are now pertaining to the hospital utilization rate at critical level particularly SPMC, which is naga-100 percent na ang ilahang ICU beds. Isolation and covered ward beds are above 70 percent already,” Lopez said in a live broadcast interview with Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Wednesday.
Lopez disclosed that on May 25, 2021, Davao City recorded a total of 173 new confirmed cases for Covid-19.
“If you noticed the whole week naa gyud ta sa 90 to more than 100 cases all the way. Nisaka gyud ang atong kaso. Based on our data, naa man ta data na ginahimo almost every week kanang Covid-19 growth rate in Davao City naa na gyud ta surge. Although, just yesterday we already have 1,035 active cases from the previous more than 700, it grows up 1,035 active cases out of the almost 16,000 total cases we have in Davao City since the start of the pandemic,” he said.
Lopez added that recovery rate in Davao City also dropped.
“From 91 percent from the previous weeks, we went down to 89 percent recovery rate. Nagasaka pud ang growth sa atong deaths. That is why atong gipanawagan ang atong private hospitals to open up and allocate Covid beds para matabangan nato ang mga pasyente na dili na ma-accommodate sa SPMC,” he said.
