St Luke’s Hospital Stops Accepting Walk-In Coronavirus Tests
ST LUKE’S HOSPITAL – Starting tomorrow, July 28, St. Luke’s Hospital announced they would no longer accept walk-in COVID-19 tests.
The hospital made the decision to ensure that it could manage the flow of patients who need to get tested. In addition, St. Luke’s said they wanted to maintain the safety of their workers in their hospitals.
Recently, several hospitals have already warned they were approaching max capacity and could no longer cater to COVID-19 patients. However, Palace emphasized that their were enough beds to cater the infected.
READ: Palace Says Hospitals Have Enough Beds Despite Hospitals Warning
Meanwhile, St. Luke’s Medical Center urged patients to book a slot for the COVID-19 tests through its product information center. In their Facebook post, they said:
Please be informed that effective tomorrow, July 29, 2020, St. Luke’s Medical Center will no longer accept walk-in asymptomatic patients who wish to undergo RT-PCR COVID-19 testing.
This is to ensure that we efficiently manage the flow of patients who need to undergo the test and maintain the safety of our healthcare workers in both hospitals.
To book a slot, please contact our Product Information Center through the following:
GLOBAL CITY:
Landline: 8-789-7700 loc 1006, 1050, 5104
Mobile: 0998-582-2276
Email: [email protected]
QUEZON CITY
Landline: 8-723-10101 loc 4163, 5564, 4815
Mobile: 0947-994-3550
Email: [email protected]
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