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St. Luke's says hospitals at full capacity, asks COVID-19 patients to seek care elsewhere

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="People pass in front of an announcement for the St. Luke’s Hospital at the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig City on August 10, 2021. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/life/08/25/20210810-st-lukes-qc-full-capacity-jc-6.jpg"/><figcaption>People pass in front of an announcement for the St. Luke’s Hospital at the Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig City on August 10, 2021. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATE</strong>)—The management of St. Luke&#x27;s Medical Center on Wednesday appealed to COVID-19 patients to seek help from other medical facilities due to the continued flow of virus admissions in their hospitals. </p><p>In an announcement, the private hospital said their COVID-19 wards and critical care units are &quot;running at full capacity.&quot; </p><p>St. Luke&#x27;s has branches in Quezon City and Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. It also has a medical center extension clinic in Ermita, Manila.</p><p>&quot;We also have patients in critical condition waiting for urgent admission at the Emergency Rooms,&quot; the advisory read.</p><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>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/26/21/viral-st-lukes-hospitals-campaign-to-halt-covid-19-will-make-you-wear-a-mask-stay-at-home">VIRAL: St Luke’s Hospital’s campaign to halt COVID-19 will make you wear a mask, stay at home</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Given this current situation, we kindly request those experiencing COVID-19 symptoms to seek immediate care from other health care institutions for the meantime.&quot; </p><p>The hospital is suffering a lack of manpower, as many have resigned and sought work abroad, said medical chief officer Dr. Benjamin Campomanes.</p><p>&quot;There are 2 things beleaguering us and it’s mainly on manpower. The rooms puwede i-extend (can be extended) whatever pero (but) yung workforce is the problem now,&quot; he told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo Thursday.</p><p>&quot;Yun ang 2 problems: Decrease in the number of manpower and super pagod na sila.&quot;</p><p>(Those are the two problems: Decrease in the number of manpower and they&#x27;re super tired.)</p><p>The hospital continues to hire health workers and is among the top 2 medical facilities with the highest salary, he said. It also has a &quot;buffer&quot; of fresh graduates, he added.</p><p>It offers teleconsult for adults, pediatric patients, and recovered CVID-19 patients, Campomanes said.</p><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=1756303" 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>On Tuesday, the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), the country&#x27;s largest public hospital and COVID-19 referral facility, said it would temporarily <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/24/21/pgh-no-new-er-patients-amid-rising-covid-19-admissions">stop accepting</a> new COVID-19 patients as it has already reached critical capacity. </p><p>PGH also temporarily closed down their non-COVID wards on Aug. 14 to focus on their virus patients. </p><p>The Philippines is battling a growth of virus infections most likely driven by the more transmissible COVID-19 Delta variant. </p><p>The said variant ripped through India&#x27;s health care system at its peak in April, and is also behind the spike of cases in Southeast Asian nations. </p><p>The Department of Health over the weekend said community transmission of the variant may already be happening even if more evidence is needed. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/21/21/delta-variant-community-transmission-is-there-doh">DOH: COVID-19 Delta variant &#x27;community transmission is there&#x27;</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=1747082" 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>

The management of St. Luke's Medical Center on Wednesday appealed to COVID-19 patients to seek help from other medical facilities due to the continued flow of virus admissions in their hospitals. 