The City of San Carlos in Negros Occidental is constructing its own coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) isolation facility in Barangay Rizal with a budget of P10 million.
Mayor Renato Gustilo said the city government decided to build the structure as school buildings can no longer be used as quarantine facilities once classes start.
“The Phase 1 of the temporary COVID-19 facility is almost finished.”
“The Phase 1 of the temporary COVID-19 facility is almost finished,” said the mayor, who visited the construction site recently.
Situated in the vicinity of San Carlos City Sports Complex, the facility, which is being constructed on a 759.6 square-meter lot, has two isolation buildings and four buildings for persons under investigation (PUIs).
Each isolation building has 12 rooms, or a total of 24 rooms in both units, while the PUIs building has 14 rooms, each with toilet and bathroom.
“The construction is now 80% complete.”
Project engineer Jasper John Lampute said the construction is now 80 percent complete.
The COVID-19 facility is being funded through the city’s 20 percent Development Fund under the construction development of the hospital/anti-COVID-19 program.
San Carlos City has 21 confirmed cases and recorded the province’s first COVID-19 death in July.