An nearly empty Quezon Boulevard is seen as the federal government implements a strict lockdown to forestall the unfold of the coronavirus on Good Friday, April 2, 2021 in Quezon metropolis, Philippines. (AP Photo)
The hospital has greater than 1,300 beds and treats 600,000 sufferers a 12 months, it says on its web site.
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- Last Updated:May 16, 2021, 12:12 IST
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Firefighters put out a blaze early on Sunday at one of many Philippines’ largest hospitals that had prompted the evacuation of dozens of sufferers from the power, which additionally treats coronavirus victims.
No casualties had been reported in the hearth on the government-run Philippine General Hospital in the capital, Manila, which was extinguished at daybreak. Its trigger shouldn’t be identified.
On Twitter, Vice President Leni Robredo made an attraction for “big, industrial fans” to clear the smoke attributable to the hearth.
Hospital authorities couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
Some sufferers had been transferred to close by hospitals, together with two who wanted surgical procedure and 12 infants from the neonatal intensive care unit, CNN Philippines mentioned, citing hospital officers.
Hospital employees mentioned the hearth began in an working room provide space quickly after midnight.
The hospital has greater than 1,300 beds and treats 600,000 sufferers a 12 months, it says on its web site. With greater than 1.1 million infections and deaths in extra of 19,000, the Philippines ranks second in Southeast Asia in phrases of COVID-19 instances.
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