'Like a war zone': East Avenue Medical Center still at full capacity for COVID-19 patients

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The East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City is still operating at full capacity for COVID-19 patients, the hospital's coronavirus task force head said Wednesday, likening the situation to a war zone.

"Our hospital is still full of patients with COVID. Not less than 200 COVID-related cases are currently admitted in the hospital," Dr. Dennis Ordoña told TeleRadyo in Filipino.

The impact on the healthcare system of the 2-week lockdown imposed in Metro Manila and 4 nearby provinces until April 11 is yet to be felt, Ordoña said. The Philippines is facing one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in Asia, with infections reaching over 950,000. So far, more than 16,000 people died from the disease.

 

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