MANILA, Philippines — After its new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ward reached full capacity around two weeks ago, a Manila public hospital has been putting new patients in a tent set up at its parking area. Dr. Ted Martin, director of Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center, said on Wednesday that there were 25 suspected COVID-19 patients in Tent No. There was nowhere else to put them as the COVID-19 ward had ran out of beds two weeks ago. We need to manage to provide treatment for them, even if it’s inside a tent,” he told Inquirer in an interview. We don’t have a choice but to manage patients coming in.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer August 05, 2020 21:00 UTC