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DOH: No hospital bed shortage amid rising leptospirosis cases

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday said there is no lack of hospital beds yet for confirmed and probable leptospirosis patients even as cases of the disease are on the rise weeks after the severe flooding in Luzon.

DOH spokesperson Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo said that beds were almost at full capacity at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) and San Lazaro Hospital in the past few days, but this was addressed eventually by referring patients to other hospitals.

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