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Ospital ng Muntinlupa nears capacity for COVID-19 patients

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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=1745189" 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—Ospital ng Muntinlupa is nearing capacity for COVID-19 patients and has exceeded its bed occupancy, a hospital official said Wednesday.The hospital has taken in 265 patients, including 100 virus patients out of an allotted 103 COVID-19 beds, according to its medical chief, Dr. Edwin Dimatatac.It has 15 virus patients in its intensive care unit, more than the 12 allocated COVID-19 beds in the ward, Dimatatac said.&quot;So far OK naman po, kasi meron tayong oxygen wall outlet so talagang kumpleto po ang supply po noon. From time to time, may delivery ang ating supplier,&quot; Dimatatac told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.(So far our oxygen supply is OK because we have an oxygen wall outlet, so supplies are sufficient. From time to time, our supplier makes deliveries.)The hospital also has 7 active cases of health workers who contracted the disease, Dimatatac added.It has a tent emergency room for non-coronavirus patients while the main emergency room is used for COVID-19 cases as it has access to the building, he said.&quot;Walang nakakaalam sa&#x27;tin sino ang Delta, Alpha or Lambda variant. Lahat po ng COVID ay suspected. Iti-treat natin sila as Delta,&quot; he added.(We don&#x27;t know who has Delta, Alpha or Lambda variant. All COVID patients are suspected. We will treat them as if they have Delta variant.)&quot;Ang kaniyang management at quarantine halos same lang. Ang difference lang transmission.&quot;(The management and quarantine is almost the same, the only difference is the transmission.)The Delta variant is 2 times more infectious than the Alpha strain, a COVID-19 mutation that is 60 percent more contagious than the virus&#x27; original strain, the health department earlier said.Hospitals in other parts of the National Capital Region said they are at capacity, as Metro Manila underwent a 2-week strict lockdown to curb the spread of the highly transmissible variant.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/09/21/no-more-covid-beds-at-st-lukes-qc-and-taguig">The Medical City, St. Luke&#x27;s hospitals&#x27; COVID wards, critical care units now full</a></li></ul>Muntinlupa City on Tuesday reported 844 active cases out of a total 17,282 COVID-19 infections, according to the Department of Health website.The Philippines has a total of 79,016 active infections or 4.7 percent of its total 1,676,156 virus cases, as of Tuesday.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/10/21/philippines-confirms-8560-new-covid-19-cases">Philippines confirms 8,560 new COVID-19 cases</a></li></ul>

The hospital has accepted 265 patients, including 100 virus patients out of an allotted 103 COVID-19 beds, according to its medical chief.