Makati LGU begins testing frontliners for COVID-19
Published Apr 22, 2020 00:00 am
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Updated Apr 22, 2020 00:00 am
By Jel Santos
At least 110 frontliners from the Ospital ng Makati (OsMak), Rizal Health Center, and Pembo Health Center were tested during the start of Makati city’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing on April 22, Wednesday.
(Photo courtesy of Makati City government)
The testing aims to detect, isolate, and treat frontliners who have contracted COVID-19.
Personnel from the Makati Health Department (MHD) conducted the test for 50 healthcare workers at OsMak, 39 at Rizal Health Center, and 27 at Pembo Health Center, Mayor Abigail Binay said.
The mayor emphasized that it is important to ensure the safety of frontliners.
“The city’s priority is testing the frontliners and residents who are PUIs (persons under investigation) and PUMs (persons under monitoring). Our frontliners are vulnerable to contracting the disease since they have direct contact with patients,” Binay explained.
MHD chief Dr. Bernard Sese said the samples will be brought to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) headquarters in Mandaluyong city for diagnosis, adding that the results are expected to come out after two days.
Earlier, the local government of Makati city signed a memorandum of agreement with PRC for the mass testing of at least 2,000 frontliners, PUIs, and PUMs.
Makati local government said it also sent samples to UP National Institutes of Health in Manila.
Meawhile, the LGU opened three temporary emergency quarantine facilities (EQF) at Pembo Elementary School and another one at the parking area of OsMak for PUIs early Wednesday morning.
For helping Makati in building additional facilities for patients with COVID-19 symptoms, the mayor thanked WTA Architecture and Design Studio.
Each facility, which is made of wooden frames and polyethylene sheets, has 15 beds, sanitation and disinfection areas, a testing box, and a lounge for nurses.
The local government will aslo put up negative isolation tents at the ambulance bay of OsMak to protect other patients from COVID-19.
(Photo courtesy of Makati City government)
The testing aims to detect, isolate, and treat frontliners who have contracted COVID-19.
Personnel from the Makati Health Department (MHD) conducted the test for 50 healthcare workers at OsMak, 39 at Rizal Health Center, and 27 at Pembo Health Center, Mayor Abigail Binay said.
The mayor emphasized that it is important to ensure the safety of frontliners.
“The city’s priority is testing the frontliners and residents who are PUIs (persons under investigation) and PUMs (persons under monitoring). Our frontliners are vulnerable to contracting the disease since they have direct contact with patients,” Binay explained.
MHD chief Dr. Bernard Sese said the samples will be brought to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) headquarters in Mandaluyong city for diagnosis, adding that the results are expected to come out after two days.
Earlier, the local government of Makati city signed a memorandum of agreement with PRC for the mass testing of at least 2,000 frontliners, PUIs, and PUMs.
Makati local government said it also sent samples to UP National Institutes of Health in Manila.
Meawhile, the LGU opened three temporary emergency quarantine facilities (EQF) at Pembo Elementary School and another one at the parking area of OsMak for PUIs early Wednesday morning.
For helping Makati in building additional facilities for patients with COVID-19 symptoms, the mayor thanked WTA Architecture and Design Studio.
Each facility, which is made of wooden frames and polyethylene sheets, has 15 beds, sanitation and disinfection areas, a testing box, and a lounge for nurses.
The local government will aslo put up negative isolation tents at the ambulance bay of OsMak to protect other patients from COVID-19.