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Lambunao town in Iloilo will open its “bahay-kubo” isolation facility to asymptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in Barangay Pandan. “With the P1 million from our own fund and another P1 million from Governor (Arthur Defensor Jr.), we decided to establish a facility in Pandan that can build around 18 nipa huts,” Mayor Reynor Gonzales […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), The Netherlands Red Cross, and the Makati City government converted unused dormitories at the Makati Science High School (MSHS) into a 56-bed capacity isolation facility that will serve asymptomatic patients from the city. A virtual memorandum […]
The Koronadal City government has opened a 105-bed isolation facility for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, the biggest for the area since the onset of the pandemic last year.Mayor Eliordo Ogena said the isolation center at the Marbel-1 Central Elementary School in Barangay Gen. Paulino Santos began accepting patients May 15. Ogena explained three initial […]
Recognizing the need to augment healthcare infrastructure in the National Capital Region, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed a 96-bed quarantine/isolation healthcare facility in Quezon City University in just 18 days. “These mobile health facilities in Quezon City University are constructed to enable the immediate isolation of mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 cases […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) turned-over to the Lung Center of the Philippines, an additional modular hospital that will be used to augment the existing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isolation facilities of the center. DPWH Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark Villar said that the newly-completed isolation facility in Quezon City is intended for […]
The city government of Borongan in Eastern Samar is planning to upgrade its modern isolation facility to a 50-bed hospital with the increasing need for better health care services amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda said the proposed city hospital will have pediatric, obstetrics, internal medicine, and surgical wards, and a five […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently turned over a 60-bed capacity isolation facility in Barangay Matapoli, Marantao, Lanao del Sur to help in slowing down the rate of infection in the province. According to DPWH Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark Villar, the isolation facility was completed in less than two weeks by […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced the completion of a 128-bed capacity quarantine/isolation healthcare facility in Barangay Dagatan, Lipa City, Batangas. “Our DPWH Batangas 4th District Engineering Office has finished the conversion of Lipa Academy of Sports, Culture, and Arts (LASCA) into a temporary medical facility for individuals who will be identified as […]
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced the opening of the biggest mega quarantine facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Metro Manila. Villar said the 525-bed capacity Solaire-PAGCOR Mega Quarantine Center located at at the Bagong Nayong Pilipino in Parañaque City was funded by the Razon Group. The facility was inaugurated along with a newly-constructed […]
Despite criticisms on the proposed conversion of Catbalogan City lawn tennis court into a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) isolation facility, the Samar provincial government said the project will push through. Samar Governor Reynolds Michael Tan said as an elected official, he is bound to fulfill his duty to save the lives and well-being of the many. […]