COVID bed utilization at SPMC down to 37%

DAVAO CITY- The Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) medical center chief Dr. Ricardo Audan announced in the One Davao Virtual Presser that COVID bed utilization in SPMC was reduced by more than half with only 37% of its total beds occupied as of November 4.

Dr. Audan bared that recent COVID situation at SPMC eased up the operations of the said facility being the sole hospital in Davao City assigned to accommodate cases of COVID.

In the past months, SPMC consistently advised the public on the critical status of COVID bed utilization of the said facility. It also coincided with the COVID19 surge experienced in the Davao Region.

Dr. Audan also bared that positivity rate in the said facility was also low at only 1.94% comparing it to previous positivity rate that reaches as high as 70%. There was also no recorded COVID-related death in the November 4 data.

“ I hope na tuloy-tuloy na ito,” the medical center chief is optimistic that the situation in the region would lead to a happy and COVID-free holiday season.

With few COVID cases admitted at the said facility, Dr. Audan shared that the center will start to cater the face-to-face consultation of all services. He said many services were affected when the SPMC concentrated their efforts on COVID cases during the surge.

“ Now our emergency room has been accommodating 99 percent non-COVID cases. We will also start elective surgeries,” he added.

The medical chief emphasized that while SPMC starts to cater face-to-face consultation, the management would still require a teleconsultation prior the face-to-face visit.

“ In the teleconsultation, we need to ask if the patient is vaccinated. We would prefer patients who are vaccinated,” Dr. Audan said.

The SPMC committed to improve its teleconsultation service and better their communication as it re-opens most of its services. (PIA XI/FGM)

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