Published on: Saturday, April 03, 2021
By: Manila Times
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Medical personnel wearing protective clothing work to treat patients inside a tent at a Covid-19 isolation facility, in Quezon city, Metro Manila.
MANILA: Hospitals in Metro Manila continue to grapple with the surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases, with some forced to turn away patients seeking treatment in overflowing emergency rooms, according to the head of the country’s largest private hospital group.
Early this week, the Department of Health (DoH) reported 9,296 new infections, the fifth straight day that cases reached more than 10,000.
Because of the rising number of cases, 76 percent of intensive care unit (ICU) beds are occupied, and 68 percent of isolation beds and 59 percent of ward beds have been utilized in the National Capital Region (NCR or Metro Manila).
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“Puwede naman kung wala kang ID
ng gobyerno, dokumento issued ng gobyerno, puwede naman iyong cedula para sa mga barangay, puwede rin iyon. Birth certificate
puwede rin iyon, barangay certificate
puwede rin iyon (If you don’t have a government ID, documents issued by the government like cedula for barangays will also be accepted. Birth certificates and barangay certificates as well),” he added.
He also noted that under Republic Act 11223 or the Universal Health Care law, all Filipinos are automatically members of PhilHealth.
“Under the Universal Health Care Act,
kahit iyong Pilipino na hindi miyembro, kapag nagkasakit ka ora mismo miyembro ka (even if a Filipino is not a member, the moment you get sick, you’re a member). You are eligible for health care benefits that are granted by law to the Filipinos under the Universal Health Care Act,” he said.
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