DOH: Health system can handle leptospirosis surge despite NKTI overcrowding

Doctors and nurses attend to patients as they convert a gym into a ward at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute in Quezon City on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, as cases of leptospirosis ballooned after Typhoon Carina and southwest monsoon triggered severe flood events.

STAR / Miguel De Guzman

MANILA, Philippines — The influx of leptospirosis patients is straining resources of at least two Metro Manila hospitals, but the Department of Health maintains that the health system is still equipped to handle the rise in cases.

Health Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo said the National Kidne