A “pop-up” hospital is now being built at the Lung Center of the Philippines in Quezon City to boost the hospital’s health care capacity against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
The 16-bed capacity modular hospital is being put up by the DPWH Task Force to Facilitate Augmentation of Local and National Health Facilities that will support the demand for health care services of the Lung Center, said Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, the chief isolation czar.
Villar added that the Lung Center management will use the mobile hospital for the treatment of severe COVID-19 patients.
Relentless in its effort to expedite projects, Undersecretary Emil Sadain, assigned by the public works chief as the Head of the said DPWH Task Force, together with its technical working group namely Bureau of Maintenance Director Ernesto Gregorio, Jr.; Bureau of Design Director Aristarco Doroy; and Bureau of Construction Director Eric Ayapana and Asst. Director Edgar Garces recently inspected the on-going eight room facility with two beds each.
Five modular hospitals made of fabricated components will be constructed by the DPWH Task Force within Quezon Institute compound.
Five modular hospitals made of fabricated components will also be constructed by the DPWH Task Force within the Quezon Institute compound at E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon City.
The field modular hospital with total capacity of 110 beds will also have separate nursing station, equipment laboratory, pantry, storage, medical gas line, a CCTV system, and an elevated pathway connecting the clusters.
“We in the DPWH Task Force are non-stop in coming up with more viable solutions to shore up the health care system grappling with an unprecedented crisis until we emerge from the pandemic.”
“With instructions from Villar, we in the DPWH Task Force are non-stop in coming up with more viable solutions to shore up the health care system grappling with an unprecedented crisis until we emerge from the pandemic,” added Sadain.
Each off-site modular hospital facility at Quezon Institute will be able to accommodate 22 patients with a dedicated room for the health care professionals to put on their personal protective equipment (PPE) such as disposable gowns, gloves and shoe covers and another area for the removal of PPEs.
Two offsite dormitories will be also constructed within Quezon Institute compound as temporary shelter for some 64 health workers who will be manning the hospital operations.