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PGH to resume accepting patients on March 18

Published Mar 15, 2024 06:18 am

The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) spokesperson announced that the hospital will reopen to all patients on Monday, March 18, following a fire incident on March 13.

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"Pakiusap sana ay hanggang itong darating na weekend hindi pa, kasi medyo naglilinis pa at inaayos pa ang mga wiring (We are requesting that until this upcoming weekend, not yet, as we are still cleaning and fixing the wiring)," PGH spokesperson Dr. Jonas Del Rosario said during an interview with TeleRadyo Serbisyo on Friday, March 15.

Del Rosario said PGH is currently seeking understanding from patients unable to visit the hospital at this time.

“Kaya rin namin kayo inaabisuhan dahil baka masayang lang ang punta nyo dahil sarado po ito sa mga pasyenteng hindi naman agaw-buhay (We are also informing you because your visit might be wasted as it is closed to non-life-threatening patients),” he said.

Del Rosario also advised patients to consider seeking medical attention at “other hospitals” until the weekend if their condition is “not too serious.”

He added that the inspection by the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has slowed down the admission process for patients waiting in the emergency room.

"Hindi pa sila agad pwedeng ipasok sa ospital kasi nga sinisiguradong ang mga areas na naapektuhan ay maaaring mayroong panganib (They cannot be immediately admitted to the hospital because it is ensured that the affected areas may pose a danger)," he said.

Meanwhile, regarding the patients affected by the recent fire incident, Del Rosario reassured them that they have returned to their respective hospital beds after being briefly evacuated and transferred to other wards.

"Patients from wards 1, 2, 3, and 4, and the medical ICU were briefly evacuated and transferred to other wards, but now everyone has been returned," he stated, emphasizing that “none were injured or killed” in the fire.

While awaiting the official statement from the BFP regarding the fire's origin, Del Rosario highlighted the need to renovate the affected area, which had long been scheduled for renovation and had been partly used as storage.

"The audio-visual room that caught fire is located behind Wards 1 and 2 and is part of the Department of Medicine complex,” he clarified.

"Ang area na ito ay talagang panahon na para ayusin dahil almost matagal na rin kaya talagang naka-schedule na ang renovation nito, at partly parang naging bodega ito kaya't maraming gamit (This area really needed to be fixed because it has been a long time and its renovation has long been scheduled, and partly it became like a storage room, so there were many items)," Del Rosario explained.

He also speculated that the large number of items in the area may have contributed to the fire's rapid spread.

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/3/14/pgh-fire-no-patient-transfers-required

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