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00:00Patients in the emergency room of the Philippine General Hospital have been admitted.

00:05We will now call Dr. Jonas Del Rosario, the spokesperson of the PGH.

00:10Good morning.

00:12Good morning, Egan and to all the listeners and viewers.

00:16How is the situation in the emergency room of the PGH?

00:19Is it still in overcapacity, doc?

00:21Yes, it's still in overcapacity, Egan.

00:25There are a lot of patients going to our hospital.

00:29You know the PGH emergency room?

00:31In an ideal setting, only 75 patients can be accommodated.

00:38The PGH has a big emergency room.

00:43Not only 75 patients, most of the time, we are operating way above the capacity.

00:52Usually, 150 patients at any one time inside.

00:57But now, there are 190 or 200 patients.

01:01And because of that, we have reached what we call a critical level of overcapacity.

01:09That's why our advice is to limit the number of patients.

01:18We call this a code triage.

01:22What we will entertain is the patients who have an acute life-threatening emergency.

01:28That is really a life-threatening emergency.

01:30Yes.

01:32What is the reason for the sudden increase in the number of patients in the ER?

01:37Is there a common disease?

01:39Or is there a sudden increase in the number of patients?

01:42None.

01:43Yes.

01:44There are a lot of patients going to the hospital.

01:48There are a lot of people who are having heart attacks, pneumonia, strokes.

01:56We are not reporting any outbreaks.

01:59But there are a lot of patients going to the hospital.

02:04I think across the board, there are a lot of hospitals that are saying that they have a lot of patients in the ER.

02:12You mentioned the oxygen ports.

02:14How are they, doctor?

02:17The oxygen port of PGH is about 70.

02:21That's a lot of oxygen ports for an emergency room.

02:25We have one of the most oxygen ports in the emergency room.

02:29So if there are a lot of patients inside who really need oxygen,

02:33eventually you will run out of oxygen.

02:36As of now, everyone is still in the ER.

02:39That means that if there are patients who really need oxygen,

02:43we don't have a pipe-in oxygen port that is attached to the wall that you can just open.

02:50So sometimes what happens is that in the top gap measure,

02:54we will get oxygen tanks and you will attach it.

02:58But of course, that is limited.

03:00It also runs out.

03:03It is also not safe for other patients.

03:08But Dr. Del Rosario, there is a law that says that patients are not allowed to refuse.

03:12So what can we do to help them?

03:16Well, you know, we are one of the hospitals that,

03:20as others say, other hospitals are saying that it is closed,

03:25we can't do it anymore.

03:27In PGH, as much as possible, we don't want to refuse.

03:31This advisory is just to inform the public that the situation in PGH is a bit difficult.

03:40So our appeal, especially to other hospitals that are sending patients to PGH,

03:46is that we will not be able to accept their transfers because they will not be able to take care of them.

03:53Maybe they are still outside and the patients will not be able to enter.

03:57For other patients whose illness is mild,

04:01who do not need urgent attention,

04:04they can go to a smaller hospital or another hospital.

04:08Actually, we coordinated with the Department of Health

04:11and issued a directive to Secretary Ted Arbosa

04:16that the DOH hospitals will accept patients who cannot be seen or accepted in PGH.

04:25Thank you very much, Dr. Jonas Del Rosario, spokesperson of PGH.

04:29Thank you very much, Igan.

04:38Thank you very much.

Panayam kay Dr. Jonas Del Rosario, spokesperson, PHL General Hospital | Unang Balita

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