Philippine hospitals struggle to cope as more severe Covid-19 wave hits

A suspected coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patient lies on a hospital bed outside the emergency room of Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Centre, in Marikina City, Metro Manila. - Reuters

MANILA, April 20 (Reuters): Nick Yañez, a 28-year-old ambulance nurse in a satellite city of Manila, says she sometimes spends six to seven hours in her emergency vehicle caring for a Covid-19 patient before a bed can be found in a hospital.

Already facing one of the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in Asia, the Philippines has seen a second wave of infections that is stretching health care workers in the capital like never before.