(Eagle News) — The government is adding beds for COVID-19 patients in selected hospitals in the country to accommodate COVID-19 patients who continue to come in amid the surge in COVID-19 cases. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Action Plan against COVID-19, told President Rodrigo Duterte in the Cabinet meeting late Monday night that this was one of the government’s thrusts during the enhanced community quarantine and modified enhanced community quarantine imposed […]
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PHL gov’t moves to increase COVID-bed capacity to decongest overwhelmed hospitals
110-bed modular hospital in Quezon City opens; more set to open this week – Palace (Eagle News) – The Philippine government moved to increase COVID-19 bed capacity in Metro Manila amid increasingly overwhelmed hospitals as virus cases continued its spike. On Tuesday, April 6, the 110-bed modular hospital at the Quezon Institute was opened. This will be for moderate to severe COVID-19 cases. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said […]





