The Philippine Red Cross’ (PRC) isolation facilities have so far served more than 250 asymptomatic coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients.
PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Richard J. Gordon said Sunday, May 2, that they have already assisted a total of 253 asymptomatic COVID-19 patients.
‘Marami marami na rin ang natulungan sa ating mga (Many have been assisted in our) [isolation facilities), 253 patients served,” he said in a TeleRadyo interview.
The PRC has set up isolation facilities at Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU), University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman, De La Salle-College of St. Benilde (DLS-CSB) in Manila, and Adamson University (AdU).
Gordon said currently, 189 COVID patients "are admitted" at their four isolation centers, while 71 have already been discharged.
He said the PRC will remain as an emblem of hope, especially during this time of pandemic crisis.
He assured the public that the PRC has enough resources to sustain the operations of its isolation facilities.
"Syempre may mga budget, tuloy tuloy naman yan. Walang problem sa atin talagang hahanapan natin yan (Of course, we have budget allocation for that, it will continue. We don’t have a problem with that, we will continue to scout for that),” the PRC chief said.
Gordon cited that International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) committed its full support to the PRC’s pandemic response efforts.
In late April, IFRC announced in a statement that it has released 4.9 million Swiss francs from its Global Emergency Appeal to support the PRC.