‘48% of COVID-19 fatalities never hospitalized’
Nearly half of the persons who died of coronavirus disease 2019 were never admitted to hospital or medical facilities, according to data from the Department of Health (DOH).
Sen. Joel Villanueva described the data as an alarming indication of how the government is managing the COVID-19 crisis.
Of the 2,681 deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, 1,286 or 48 percent of the patients were never admitted to hospitals or medical facilities, Villanueva said, referring to data the DOH released on Aug. 17.
Also disturbing is that seven of 10 active COVID-19 cases or 73 percent categorized as critical are not getting any treatment in medical facilities, he said, as he questioned Health Secretary Francisco Duque III during the resumption of the hearing conducted by the Senate committee of the whole into the alleged anomalies at the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on Tuesday.
“It pains me to look at these data. Almost half of those who died, 48 percent… have not been admitted to hospitals. Are our hospitals adequate?” the senator asked Duque during the hearing.
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