The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) is temporarily closing its face-to-face Outpatient Department (OPD) services beginning January 17, 2022 to comply with the rules under alert level 3 status and due to the increasing cases of Covid-19 in the hospital.
As of January 13, 2022, SPMC recorded 35 new positive cases admitted in the hospital bringing the total active cases to 147. In terms of ICU beds utilization rate from a total of 60 beds, 37 beds are utilized and for the ward beds, 231 are utilized from the total of 308 beds.
In an advisory, SPMC announced that OPD teleconsultations will however remain open, and emergent surgical and urgent cancer cases also continue to be offered.
SPMC requested its health care partners to follow coordinated transfers and call One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) for medical direction.
The Department of Health (DOH), through Department Order (DO) 2020-0653, established OHCS to facilitate coordination among health care facilities and enhance the referral system for patients with Covid-19.
DO 2020-0653 also stipulated the establishment of Regional One Hospital Command Centers (ROHCCs) as the regional coordinating bodies of the National OHCC. In November 2020, the OHCC for Davao Region was established through the efforts of the DOH, Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC), and different private hospitals in Davao City.
Meanwhile, based on the Regional Situation Update on Covid-19 in Davao Region as of January 14, 2022 DOH Davao Center for Health Development reported 395 new cases of Covid-19 in the region bringing the total number of active cases to 1930.
Of these 395 cases, 305 were from Davao City; five from Davao de Oro; 51 from Davao del Norte; 23 from Davao del Sur; one from Davao Occidental; and 10 from Davao Oriental.
Thirteen new recoveries were reported wherein eight were from Davao City; two from Davao de Oro; and three from Davao del Norte. There were three death cases reported, all were from Davao City.
With these cases, the region has 55.9 percent available ICU beds, 60.0 percent available isolation beds, 69.2 percent available ward beds, and 63.2 percent available mechanical ventilators.
