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As COVID-19 cases rise, private hospitals seek more health workers

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1654826" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>MANILA - A group of private hospitals on Tuesday called on government to augment its workforce as COVID-19 cases continued to rise.Members of the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. have &quot;enough beds&quot; but not enough health workers, said its president Jose Rene de Grano.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/22/21/ph-hospitals-seek-reinforcement-as-covid-19-cases-surge">PH hospitals seek &#x27;reinforcement&#x27; as COVID-19 cases surge</a></li></ul>&quot;Any help actually will suffice. We have very limited healthcare workers right now, we can’t get any additional nurses. Usually government will send augmentation personnel to government facilities,&quot; he told ANC&#x27;s Headstart.&quot;The private hospitals have enough beds but the problem is we don’t have enough healthcare workers, it’s very limited.&quot;<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/22/21/govt-open-to-hire-more-health-workers-eyes-increasing-covid-19-bed-capacity">Gov&#x27;t &#x27;open&#x27; to hire more health workers, eyes increasing COVID-19 bed capacity</a></li></ul>He advised persons with COVID-19 symptoms to seek assistance first from their barangay health emergency response team before going to the hospital as only those who experience moderate to severe cases would be accommodated.&quot;Contact your barangay emergency response team and they will make the necessary coordination with different hospitals so they don’t have to wait at the emergency room,&quot; he said.&quot;We’re trying to decongest the hospitals by giving preference to patients with moderate to severe symptoms.&quot;The health department on Tuesday said intensive-care unit beds at 14 out of 21 hospitals in Metro Manila is on a &quot;critical&quot; level or &quot;almost 100 percent,&quot; while isolation beds are at &quot;almost 80 percent.&quot;<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/06/21/doh-icu-beds-nearly-fully-occupied-at-14-of-21-metro-manila-hospitals">DOH: ICU beds nearly fully occupied at 14 of 21 Metro Manila hospitals</a></li></ul>The capital region will ease its quarantine level to modified enhanced community quarantine if its healthcare utilization drops to 60 percent, the DOH said.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/05/21/doh-ncr-to-shift-to-mecq-if-health-care-utilization-goes-down-to-60">DOH: NCR to shift to MECQ if health care utilization goes down to 60%</a></li></ul>The Philippines as of Monday tallied 8,355 more coronavirus infections, taking its total to 803,398 cases since the pandemic began. It is expected to reach 1 million cases by end of the month, according to independent research group OCTA.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/05/21/philippine-covid-19-caseload-may-reach-1-million-by-end-april-octa">Philippines&#x27; total COVID-19 cases may reach 1 million by end-April: OCTA</a></li></ul>

A group of private hospitals on Tuesday called on government to augment its workforce as COVID-19 cases continued to rise.

A group of private hospitals on Tuesday called on government to augment its workforce as COVID-19 cases continued to rise.