The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) turned over to the Department of Health (DOH) additional health care facilities at the Lung Center of the.
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Published April 19, 2021, 4:08 PM
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to construct more off-site hospitals across the country to cater to the increasing number of people infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Public Works Secretary Mark A. Villar, who is also the government’s isolation czar, said the capacity expansion of major hospitals is on-going through the use of pre-fabricated components, which is designed to speed up the construction process.
Villar also announced the start of construction works for additional pop-up structures at the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) in Quezon City following a meeting of the DPWH Task Force for Augmentation of Local/National Health Facilities headed by Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain and LCP Executive Director Dr. Vincent M. Balanag Jr.