ILOILO City – The occupancy rate in the facilities for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases of four Western Visayas hospitals under the Department of Health (DOH) has reached critical level.
The COVID wards of Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Iloilo City and Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) in Bacolod City have reached “100 percent occupancy” as of Aug. 20, said Dr. Glen Alonsabe, DOH Region 6 epidemiologist.
WVMC allotted 10 beds for COVID cases while CLMRH, 14 beds.
Regarding COVID isolation wards, WVMC posted 82 percent occupancy rate (71 of its 86 beds occupied). At CLMMRH, 14 of its 22 beds were occupied (63.64 percent occupancy rate).
Alonsabe said COVID wards cater to moderate-to-critical and severe cases while isolation wards are for mild cases.
The Don Jose Monfort Medical Center Extension Hospital in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo has no COVID ward but its isolation ward (with 21 beds) now has a 69.1 percent occupancy rate (13 beds occupied).
On the other hand, the Western Visayas Sanitarium in Santa Barbara, Iloilo has a 78.5 percent occupancy rate in its COVID ward (seven out of eight beds were occupied).
The Sanitarium also allotted 22 beds for its isolation ward; 14 are currently occupied (54.17 percent).
Alonsabe said DOH Region 6 has yet to receive data from private hospitals./PN
