VICE President Maria Leonor "Leni" Robredo has questioned the claim of the government that hospitals can still accommodate patients despite the increasing cases of the coronavirus disease 2019, particularly in Metro Manila.

"For almost a week now, we have been receiving distress calls from family members of Covid positive patients who cannot be admitted to hospitals," she disclosed. We have read how many have already died inside tents outside hospitals, waiting to be admitted to the ERs (emergency rooms), in ambulances while in transit, [or] at home without receiving any medical help."

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