Oxygen Supply Upgrades Sought In East Avenue Medical Center
EAST AVENUE MEDICAL CENTER – The East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon city is eyeing upgrades for its oxygen supply in preparation for a potential COVID-19 surge.
In Cebu City, panic buying of Oxygen drew long queues of consumers due to surges in COVID-19. Due to a lack of bed space, patients were forced to use oxygen tanks placed outside hospitals.
Meanwhile, The East Avenue Medical Center’s medical chief, Dr. Alfonso Nuñez said they are currently upgrading its oxygen supply. According to an article from ABS-CBN, he said:
We are currently upgrading our oxygen generating plant, nag-stockpile na kami ng oxygen tank, and then naglalagay na kami ng isang (we’re putting in place one) secondary system, ‘yung vacuum insulated evaporator. This is a separate system from the oxygen generating plant and would assure us the supply of oxygen is coming
Furthermore, the hospital has freed up 3 emergency rooms, two of which are used as COVID-19 wards. Additionally, 15 intensive care unit beds were also opened up according to Nuñez.
Ang aming human health resources ay pinapatili namin at a high level by maintaining contractual nurses, contractual doctors and contractual admin support personnel
Currently, the Philippines has recorded 1,605,762 infections. Of this number, 8,167 were tagged as new cases on Monday with 2,615 being considered as active cases.
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