ICU utilization rate sa Metro Manila, pababa na: DOH official

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Pababa na ang utilization rate para sa intensive care units (ICU) sa Metro Manila hospitals kasabay nang mas maraming alokasyon ng Covid-19 beds para sa mga kritikal na pasyente, ayon kay Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega noong Lunes.

Ayon kay Vega, ang kabuuang healthcare utilization (HCUR) sa Metro Manila ay low risk na nasa 50 to 51 percent, subalit mas mataas umano ito kung titingnan ang ICU occupancy sa rehiyon.

“Generally if you take a look at the HCUR which is merely the aggregate, or the sum usage rate of the COVID-19 beds, ICU beds, isolation beds, and the ventilators, you’d see a 50 to 51 percent utilization. That is at the low risk position,” paliwanag nito.

“But if you try to disaggregate and look at the data on ICU, it is still quite busy up there. It’s 66 percent with some of the areas, specifically in San Juan, Pasay, Makati, it’s still in a critical risk position. But there is now a downward trend in terms of HCUR in ICU,” dagdag pa nito Vega.

As of April 18, ang ICU utilization sa Metro Manila, na sentro ng pandemiya sa bansa, ay nasa 84 percent, ayon sa datos ng Department of Health (DOH).

Sinabi ni Vega na bumaba ang ICU utilization sa rehion matapos gawing critical care beds ng mga ospital ang kanilang isolation beds.

Aniya, “We’ve also opened up the modular field hospitals to take care of the critical situation. So roughly, we are seeing a downward trend.”

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