The St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) has been seeing a "steady" increase in admissions due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), its chief medical officer said Wednesday, Aug. 4.
In an interview with CNN Philippines, SLMC Chief Medical Officer and Vice President Dr. Benjamin Campomanes said there's a 40 percent increase of admissions within a two-week period in both BGC and QC branches of the hospital.
"Basically 77 percent of our ICU beds are occupied and 75 percent of our general nursing unit wards are occupied," Campomanes said.
"There's really a steady increase and you can see within a two-week period from 37 and 27 percent for ICU and general nursing unit to 77 and 75 percent," he added.
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Considering the steady increase, Campomanes expects that within a week their ICU will be full.
SLMC has been seeing younger patients getting admitted.
"We're seeing people in their late 30s and 50s and I would think this would comprise of the unvaccinated or only the first dose. Remember these are the profiles of the patients not in the A1 to A4 groups," Campomanes added.
"There would be younger patients and these patients would be the ones that are not vaccinated."
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