(File image courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government will reopen its two other district hospitals dedicated to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases once the need arises as more new infections are being recorded since the start of the year. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Wednesday he believes, although it cannot be confirmed yet, the highly transmissible Omicron variant is already in the province and infecting people very fast. "Right now, we have one Covid-19 hospital. If we need to open again the other two, we will open that, depending on the requirement. Our quarantine facilities, we will open again the three, if there is a need for more room for mild cases," Lacson told reporters. Last November, the provincial government already excluded the Valladolid District Hospital in Valladolid town and the Valeriano M. Gatuslao Memorial District Hospital in Himamaylan City as Covid-19 hospitals after cases continually d
BACOLOD CITY - The Negros Occidental provincial government will reduce the number of Capitol-run hospitals dedicated to coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases from three to only one as local infections continue to decrease in the past weeks. Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Monday that only the Cadiz District Hospital in the northern city of Cadiz will remain as the health facility that will cater to Covid-19 patients. "We're just now going to designate Cadiz District Hospital as our Covid-19 center because the numbers have really gone down," Lacson said in an interview with Capitol reporters. Lacson said this could be implemented starting Dec. 1 once the hospital's new wing, which has a capacity of 100 beds, will be completed. "The Covid-19 center in Cadiz hospital will be the new wing. The main building will now accept all kinds of cases," he added. However, Lacson said the provincial government will be ready to open more Covid-19 hospitals any time
ILOILO CITY A 17-year-old girl suffered first degree burns from her Halloween costume in Estancia, a coastal town in northern Iloilo province. The unnamed girl was participating in an activity organized by the Pag-asa Youth Association of the Philippines at the town plaza Sunday as the youth grou
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