The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. said they are closely monitoring the situation, especially now that two cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in the country.
Private hospitals are on alert for a possible surge in COVID-19 cases due to the presence of the Omicron variant in the country, the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. said Saturday, Dec. 18.
According to the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc president Jose Rene de Grano, private hospitals are closely monitoring the situation, especially now that two cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in the country.
“We are prepared in the sense that systems are in place because of last experiences since the pandemic started. But of course, we don’t want surges to happen again,” he noted in a phone interview.
The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc president added that since COVID-19 cases have been low in the past months, there are hospitals that have transferred their health care workers from COVID-19 wards to other wards.
But he gave assurance that these health care workers could be pulled out again should there be a rise in COVID-19 cases.
When it comes to medicines and other supplies, the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc president maintained that most hospitals either have stocks or they have an arrangement with suppliers.
But the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc president is pinning his hopes on initial studies by experts that while the Omicron variant is more transmissible, it is milder than the Delta variant.
He claimed that if the Omicron variant is indeed milder, there is a chance that hospitals will not be overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
“Mild cases are usually brought to quarantine and isolation facilities because most of them do not really require hospital admission. So maybe, hopefully, we won’t see our hospitals get-ting overwhelmed,” he added.
The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc president is also hopeful that since the country’s coverage of COVID-19 vaccination is now high, it would help prevent severe and critical illness.
Source: one news.
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