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The Medical City, St. Luke's hospitals' COVID wards, critical care units now full

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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=1744393" 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><p>MANILA <strong>(UPDATE)</strong>—COVID-19 wards and critical care units of both the Quezon City and Taguig branches of St. Luke’s Medical Center are now full, the hospital said in a statement.</p><p>Hospital management added that some patients were waiting for admission in emergency rooms. It said those needing immediate care should look for other hospitals. </p><p>Its Bonifacio Global City (BGC) branch reached its capacity for COVID-19 patients on Friday. The branch had increased its capacity to 119 COVID-19 beds from 113, its medical chief Dr. Benjamin Campomanes said.</p><p>It has 15 virus patients in the emergency room waiting for COVID-19 beds and 9 virus patients at the ER waiting for beds at the intensive care unit, Campomanes added.</p><p>&quot;Kapag pupunta kayo sa&#x27;min kung talagang &#x27;di kayo malilipat we will treat you but there will be a waiting time at the emergency room,&quot; he told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.</p><p>(If you will go to us, we will treat you if you can&#x27;t be transferred but there will be a waiting time at the emergency room.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/06/21/st-lukes-bgc-covid-ward-at-full-capacity">COVID ward at St. Luke&#x27;s BGC branch hits full capacity on first day of ECQ</a></li></ul><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=1744428" 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><p>The Medical City also said it could not accept any more COVID-19 patients.</p><p>Its COVID-19 and non-virus wards and intensive care units were full, according to chief medical officer Dr. Rafael Claudio.</p><p>The ICU has a total of 38 beds, of which 19 are dedicated to virus patients, he said.</p><p>&quot;Even before the recent surge, puno na rin kami (ng) non-COVID patients, residue ng nakaraan na maraming &#x27;di nakakapagtingin ng kanilang mga sakit. Nagsasabay po ang mga COVID at non-COVID, lalo na ang mga critical na kaso,&quot; Claudio told Teleradyo in a separate interview.</p><p>(Even before the recent surge, we had a lot of non-COVID patients. These might be patients who were unable to get themselves checked. There are a lot of COVID and non-COVID cases, particularly critical ones.)</p><p>&quot;Pati sa emergency room may intubated patients na di malagay sa ICU dahil puno.&quot;</p><p>(We have intubated patients in our emergency room who can&#x27;t be transferred to the ICU because it&#x27;s full.)</p><p>Some 74 percent of the hospital&#x27;s COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated, while 15 percent have yet to receive their second dose, and 10 percent are fully vaccinated, Claudio said.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/09/21/covid-19-vaccines-work-most-virus-patients-mild-asymptomatic-say-officials">COVID-19 vaccines work: Most virus patients mild, asymptomatic, say officials</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Sinasabi nito na malaking proteksyon po talaga ang vaccination. Karamihan ng &#x27;di vaccinated ang napupunta sa critical areas natin,&quot; he said.</p><p>(This says that vaccination offers huge protection. Majority of unvaccinated are in critical condition.)</p><p>&quot;I think meron pong isang moderate lang, karamihan talaga ng vaccinated mild to moderate presentation,&quot; he added when asked if there were vaccinated virus patients.</p><p>(I think there&#x27;s one vaccinated patient with a moderate case but most of them have mild to moderate presentation.)<br/> </p><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://web.facebook.com/TheMedicalCity/posts/4671664356177074?_rdc=1&amp;_rdr" data-width="auto"> </div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://web.facebook.com/TheMedicalCity/posts/4671664356177074?_rdc=1&amp;_rdr" data-width="auto"> </div><p>The Philippines is now at &quot;high risk&quot; for COVID-19 spread, the Department of Health said Monday, as cases continued increasing partly due to the more transmissible Delta variant. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/09/21/philippines-now-high-risk-for-covid-19-doh">Philippines now &#x27;high-risk&#x27; for COVID-19: DOH</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/05/21/covid-19-striking-younger-patients-unvaccinated">COVID-19 striking younger patients, unvaccinated: St. Luke’s official</a></li></ul>

The Philippines is now at 'high risk' for COVID-19 spread, the Department of Health said Monday, as cases continued increasing.