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Bicol Covid-19 referral hospital reaches full capacity
By Mar Serrano and Connie Calipay LEGAZPI CITY – The Bicol Medical Center (BMC) in Naga City announced on Saturday that its Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and isolation wards for patients infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) are now “under full capacity.” In a statement, BMC spokesperson Mylce Mella said, for this reason, they were […].....»»
GenSan running out of COVID-19 hospital beds as local transmission soars
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 31 August)– The city government has raised concern over the declining bed capacity of local hospitals treating patients infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as it formally declared the local transmission of the virus. City Mayor Ronnel Rivera said in a public video message posted on Monday afternoon that the […].....»»
CDO offers to take in Misamis Or Covid-19 patients after hospital closure
The city government reiterated its offer to the Misamis Oriental Provincial Health Office to take in patients infected with coronavirus (Covid-19) after one of the provincial hospitals was closed due to infection of the hospital personnel......»»
HK opens makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patient
Hong Kong opened a temporary field hospital with 500 beds on Saturday to house stable COVID-19 patients as the city battles a new wave of virus infections. The financial hub had been a poster child for tackling the coronavirus, with local transmissions all but ended by early summer. But since July the pathogen has returned, with […] The post HK opens makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patient appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Palace: Philippines critical care capacity out of danger zone
The Philippines’ critical care capacity is no longer in the danger zone as there are now more available hospital beds for patients infected with coronavirus disease 2019, Malacañang said yesterday......»»
Palace: Critical care capacity out of danger zone
The Philippines' critical care capacity is no longer in the danger zone as there are more available hospital beds for patients infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Malacañang said Tuesday......»»
Duterte to LGUs: Help, don’t deny COVID patients
Saying no one should be left behind, President Duterte has called on mayors to provide assistance to their constituents or anyone infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 in their area even as he offered to shoulder their hospital bills......»»
Duterte offers to pay for Covid-19 patients’ hospitalization
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte offered to pay for the hospital expenses of Filipinos infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), as he reiterated his order for local government officials to help those stranded amid the pandemic. In a public address late Thursday night, Duterte said he has “no problem” shouldering the hospital cost of ordinary Filipinos, […].....»»
Long Covid causing organ abnormalities
PARIS (AFP) — A third of people hospitalized with Covid-19 have “abnormalities” in multiple organs months after getting infected, a UK study said on Saturday, potentially shedding light on the elusive condition of long Covid. Millions worldwide are estimated to suffer from long Covid, in which a range of symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue and brain fog last long after patients first contracted the virus. Yet much about the condition, including exactly how Covid causes such a wide range of symptoms, remains unknown. The authors of the new study, which was published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, said it marks a “step forward” in helping long Covid sufferers. The study is the first to look at magnetic resonance imaging scans of multiple organs — the brain, heart, liver, kidneys and lungs — after being hospitalized with Covid. It compared the organ scans of 259 adults hospitalized with Covid across the UK in 2020-2021 with a control group of 52 people who never contracted the virus. Nearly a third of the Covid patients had abnormalities in more than one organ an average of five months after leaving hospital, the study found. Those hospitalized with Covid were 14 times more likely to have lung abnormalities, and were three times more likely to have abnormalities in their brain, it said. However hearts and livers appeared to be more resilient, the researchers added. Abnormalities in the brain included a higher rate of white brain lesions, which have been linked to mild cognitive decline. Scarring and signs of inflammation were among the changes seen in lungs. Evidence People with multiple organ abnormalities were four times more likely to report severe mental and physical impairment, making them “unable to perform their daily activities,” lead author Betty Raman from Oxford University told an online press conference. The study was conducted during an earlier phase of the pandemic, before mass immunity from vaccination and prior infection blunted the overall severity of Covid. It also did not cover the less severe Omicron variants which remain dominant around the world. And the Covid group was slightly older and generally less healthy than the control group, though the researchers sought to adjust their findings to account for these differences. It also did not cover the less severe Omicron variants which remain dominant around the world. The post Long Covid causing organ abnormalities appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Long Covid linked to multiple organ changes, research suggests
A third of people hospitalized with Covid-19 have "abnormalities" in multiple organs months after getting infected, a UK study said on Saturday, potentially shedding light on the elusive condition of long Covid. Millions worldwide are estimated to suffer from long Covid, in which a range of symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue and brain fog last long after patients first contracted the virus. Yet much about the condition, including exactly how Covid causes such a wide range of symptoms, remains unknown. The authors of the new study, which was published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, said it marks a "step forward" in helping long Covid sufferers. The study is the first to look at magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of multiple organs -- the brain, heart, liver, kidneys and lungs -- after being hospitalized with Covid. It compared the organ scans of 259 adults hospitalized with Covid across the UK in 2020-2021 with a control group of 52 people who never contracted the virus. Nearly a third of the Covid patients had abnormalities in more than one organ an average of five months after leaving hospital, the study found. Those hospitalized with Covid were 14 times more likely to have lung abnormalities, and were three times more likely to have abnormalities in their brain, it said. However hearts and livers appeared to be more resilient, the researchers added. Abnormalities in the brain included a higher rate of white brain lesions, which have been linked to mild cognitive decline. Scarring and signs of inflammation were among the changes seen in lungs. - 'Concrete evidence' - People with multiple organ abnormalities were four times more likely to report severe mental and physical impairment, making them "unable to perform their daily activities," lead author Betty Raman from Oxford University told an online press conference. The study was conducted during an earlier phase of the pandemic, before mass immunity from vaccination and prior infection blunted the overall severity of Covid. It also did not cover the less severe Omicron variants which remain dominant around the world. And the Covid group was slightly older and generally less healthy than the control group, though the researchers sought to adjust their findings to account for these differences. It also did not cover the less severe Omicron variants which remain dominant around the world. But people are still being hospitalized due to the virus across the world, the researchers emphasized. Study co-author Christopher Brightling of Leicester University said the study provides "concrete evidence there are changes in a number of organs" after people are hospitalized with Covid. Rather than being a cause for alarm, he said the finding is a "step forwards in terms of actually being able to help people with long Covid." Matthew Baldwin, a pulmonary disease specialist at Columbia University not involved in the study, said "these results suggest that long Covid is not explained by severe deficits concentrated in any one organ". "Rather, the interaction of two or more abnormalities in organs might have an additive or multiplicative effect in creating physiological deficits that result in long Covid symptoms," he wrote in a Lancet comment article. dl/lcm © Agence France-Presse The post Long Covid linked to multiple organ changes, research suggests appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
WHO seeks China access for Covid origin probe
The head of the World Health Organization has asked China to provide information on the origin of Covid-19 and allow its experts full access to investigate the source of the coronavirus. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the Financial Times he is awaiting the response of Beijing to WHO’s letter requesting for “full access” and information. The WHO wants to determine with certainty the origins of the Covid pandemic. There are currently two theories about the origin of the Covid-19 virus. One theory says the virus escaped from a laboratory where it is being studied in Wuhan, China. The second theory says an animal with the coronavirus infected people at a local market in the same Chinese city. A team of specialists led by the WHO and accompanied by Chinese colleagues had investigated China in early 2021. In a joint report, they favored the hypothesis that the virus had been transmitted by intermediary animal from a bat to a human, possibly at a market. Tedros said after that all options remained “on the table.” Tedros has repeatedly said the WHO would not abandon its investigation and has called on Beijing for transparency in sharing data, carrying out investigations and sharing the results. The WHO lifted the highest alert level that had been in place for the pandemic earlier this year. Thanks to vaccines, post-infection immunity and better treatment, the virus is now under greater control, although with the arrival of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, new variants are emerging. WITH AFP The post WHO seeks China access for Covid origin probe appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Thousands flee Greek island fires as southern US swelters
Around 30,000 people were moved to safety on the Greek island of Rhodes where a wildfire burned on Saturday, while people in the southern United States struggled under a record-breaking heatwave. Tens of millions of people have been suffering through intense heat this summer and the world looks set for its hottest July on record. As temperature records tumble, experts have pointed to climate change driven by the burning of fossil fuels, arguing that global warming is playing a key role in the devastating heat. On the Mediterranean island of Rhodes, where a wildfire has been blazing for days, boats carried 2,000 people to safety from beaches in the east of the popular tourist island. Greek fire service spokesman Vassilis Varthakogiannis told Skai TV: "This is not a fire that will be over tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. It'll be troubling us for days." Three coastguard ships led more than 30 private vessels in the evacuation, while a Greek navy boat was heading to the area. Island officials arranged for dozens of buses to take people to safety, but where fires had cut off road access, others had to walk. Authorities have opened up gyms, schools and hotel conference centers to serve as makeshift accommodation, while firefighters battle the blaze. In Athens, the foreign ministry said it had activated its crisis management unit to facilitate the evacuation of foreign citizens due to the ongoing forest fires. Greece is fighting dozens of forest fires 11 days into a heatwave that has seen temperatures soaring above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). Meteorologists have warned it could be the longest hot spell the country has ever seen. - 80 million Americans sweltering - Across the southern United States, about 80 million Americans will swelter in temperatures of 41C and above this weekend, the National Weather Service said. The southwestern city of Phoenix, Arizona hit 46C on Saturday, extending a record-breaking streak to 22 consecutive days of highs above 43C. Tourists have been flocking to Death Valley National Park, which straddles California and Nevada, to post selfies with a temperature display outside the visitor centre. Many are hoping to see it break a world record of 56.7C, which was set in July 1913 but was likely the result of a faulty measurement, according to several meteorologists. Further north, in Canada, which has been suffering wildfires that left Montreal blanketed in smog, torrential rain hit the eastern province of Nova Scotia, cutting off roads and threatening to burst a dam. Four people were reported missing, including two children who had been in a car engulfed by flood waters. Meanwhile, nearly 1,000 active wildfires were burning across Canada, with 11.3 million hectares scorched this season by the deadly blazes. Across the border in the US state of Washington, a wildfire burned more than 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres) in less than a day. - Hottest month - July 2023 is on track to be the hottest month -- not only since records began, but also in "hundreds, if not thousands, of years", said leading NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt. The effects cannot be attributed solely to the El Nino weather pattern, which "has really only just emerged" and isn't expected to strengthen until later in the year, he added. El Nino is associated with the warming of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. Schmidt said the trend of extreme heat was expected to persist, "and the reason why we think that's going to continue, is because we continue to put greenhouse gases into the atmosphere". The exceptional temperatures in Greece also meant key tourist sites such as the Acropolis closed during the hottest part of the day. A 46-year-old man was reported to have succumbed to heatstroke on the central Greek island of Evia after being admitted to Chalkida hospital. Staff there said cardio-respiratory failure following exposure to high temperatures appeared to have been the cause. Emergency health officials told the state broadcaster they had admitted at least 38 heatstroke patients in the last three days, while hospitals were also seeing cases of fainting and other heat-related conditions. Greece is just one of many countries battling a prolonged spell of extreme heat around the globe in recent days. burs/jj/acb © Agence France-Presse The post Thousands flee Greek island fires as southern US swelters appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Antique town opens Covid-19 facility to dengue patients
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - This capital town of Antique province has opened its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) temporary treatment and monitoring facility (TTMF) to dengue patients to prevent overcrowding of the provincial hospital.San Jose de Buenavista Mayor Elmer Untaran said.....»»
NCR hospitals see increase in non-Covid-19 cases
MANILA - Hospital admissions of non-coronavirus cases have increased in the National Capital Region (NCR), the National Patient Navigation and Referral Center (NPNRC) said Friday.NPNRC, formerly known as One Hospital Command, refers Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients to their local hospitals.....»»
Lapu-Lapu City Hospital runs out of COVID-19 beds
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Lapu-Lapu City Hospital (LLCH) has already exceeded its capacity for its Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) beds. Dr. Ronald Oporto, chief administrative officer of LLCH, said that the hospital has only 12 COVID-19 dedicated beds. But as of August 19, 2021, there are already 49 COVID-19 positive patients admitted there. “Sa 49 […] The post Lapu-Lapu City Hospital runs out of COVID-19 beds appeared first on Cebu Daily News......»»
COVID-19 ICU at full capacity, admissions hit two-month high in PGH
The Philippine General Hospital is feeling the pinch of the latest surge in COVID-19 cases, with its intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients reaching full capacity and admissions of coronavirus patients hitting a two-month high......»»
SC sets up emergency care unit for COVID-positive personnel in third level courts
The Supreme Court has set up an emergency care unit in its compound that will house employees of tribunal and third level courts infected with the novel coronavirus while waiting for hospital confinement......»»
Pasay City General now full of coronavirus patients
The Pasay City General Hospital on Saturday announced it could no longer accept patients, saying all beds of the facility were fully occupied......»»
15 health workers test positive
Fifteen health workers at the Pasay City General Hospital have been infected with the coronavirus disease.....»»
Viruses, variants, and vaccines
Almost one year has quickly passed since the government imposed a general lockdown to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak that was first reported in Wuhan, China. In our country alone, the virus has infected over half a million people and killed more than 12,000. And these are only the official figures. The actual numbers are […] The post Viruses, variants, and vaccines appeared first on Cebu Daily News......»»