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Ospital ng Sampaloc virus bed capacity at 90 percent full: official

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MANILA—The COVID-19 bed capacity of Ospital ng Sampaloc in this city is 90 percent full, its director said Thursday.It was a decrease from the 96 percent it reported on Wednesday, said Dr. Aileen Lacsamana.&quot;Controlled pa ito. Di pa katulad noong March-April experience na pila-pila na sa emergency room,&quot; Lacsamana told ABS-CBN&#x27;s Teleradyo.(This is still controlled. It&#x27;s not yet like our experience last March and April when people queued in the emergency room.)<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/08/12/21/ilang-ospital-sa-labas-ng-metro-manila-nagdeklara-ng-full-capacity">Ilang ospital sa labas ng Metro Manila, nagdeklara ng full capacity</a></li></ul>The hospital has 1 pediatric COVID-19 case, a 2-year-old, while half of its adult virus cases were unvaccinated, according to Lacsamana.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/15/21/majority-of-children-at-pgh-recover-from-covid-19-spox">Majority of children at PGH recover from COVID-19: spokesman</a></li></ul>Some 44 percent of its COVID-19 patients are moderate cases, she said, adding that Ospital also helps inoculating residents and administering 1,350 second doses on Wednesday.It has also set up a delivery room tent for pregnant women with COVID-19 as there is only one delivery room inside the hospital, according to Lacsamana.After childbirth, they are transferred with their baby to Manila&#x27;s isolation facility designated for new mothers if they cannot quarantine at home, she said.&quot;Inililipat namin sila sa quarantine facility para doon sila magpatuloy ng quarantine nila kung sakaling wala silang separate room sa bahay,&quot; she said. (We transfer them to the quarantine facility so they can continue their isolation if they don&#x27;t have a separate room at home.)The Philippines on Wednesday reported 11,085 more COVID-19 cases, bringing its total to 1,776,495 infections. Of this figure, 105,151 or 5.9 percent were active, according to the Department of Health.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/18/21/ph-lists-11085-more-covid-infections-161-new-deaths">COVID-19 cases in Philippines rise by 11,085; active cases over 105,000</a></li></ul>

It was a decrease from the 96 percent it reported on Wednesday, hospital director Dr. Aileen Lacsamana said. 