MANILA, Philippines — Construction has started on a 110-bed capacity modular hospital for COVID-19 patients at the Lung Center of the Philippines, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said in a post on its official Facebook page on Sunday.
The project is part of government efforts to expand the capacity of major hospitals treating COVID-19 patients, the post quoted DPWH Mark Villar as saying.
The modular hospital will be composed of five units with 22 beds each — with one of the units designed to be an intensive care unit (ICU). It will be used by moderate, severe, and critical COVID-19 patients.
The units will be built by the DPWH Task Force to Facilitate …
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