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Philippine Red Cross Isolation Facility (Photo from PRC)
This was bared by Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) Executive Director Dr. Jaime C. Montoya during a televised public briefing on Monday, May 3.
“Tinitingnan na po natin ngayon ay mga quarantine facilities ng Philippine Red Cross, kasama po natin sila sa pagaaral na isasagawa (We are looking at the quarantine facilities of the Philippine Red Cross, they are with us in the study that will be conducted),” he said.
He clarified that the participation of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients with mild to moderate cases in the clinical trial is “voluntary”.
(Photo from the Philippine Red Cross)
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.
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“Actually sobrang okay po yung stay ko dun parang nagstaycation lang po ako actually. Sobrang maayos po sya, masaya naman. Kung walang ibang appointment gusto ko pa pong magstay po (Actually, my stay there was very okay, it looks like I was actually spending staycation. It was very good, all was well. If I don’t have other appointment, I still want to stay ,” Kla, not her real name, said in an interview with TeleRadyo.
The facility, which is located in the building complex of AdMU’s junior high school in the Quezon City campus, was opened on April 17 to serve as isolation center for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients.
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Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Chairman Senator Richard Gordon expressed his gratitude to leaders of various schools and local government units (LGUs) who did not hesitate to extend a helping hand in the humanitarian organization’s pandemic response efforts.
“This is the first time from memory that all these schools helped simultaneously and this sends a very strong signal – that we should learn from the leaders of these schools,” Gordon said during the virtual event on April 21. “Leadership is not a position, it is action,” he added.
The event paved the way for the virtual signing of the memorandum of agreement between PRC and De La Salle-College of St. Benilde (DLS-CSB) in Manila. PRC turned unused classrooms in the school into a 135-bed capacity isolation facility to serve asymptomatic patients from the city.