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“We have been preparing for a COVID-19 surge since April,” said Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr.
Defensor assured that funding from the 2021 annual budget has been set aside for procurement of equipment or hiring of additional medical personnel.
The provincial government of Iloilo manages the Iloilo Provincial Hospital and 12 other smaller hospitals scattered in five districts.
“If needed, we will have additional beds in these hospitals,” Defensor said.
In case of overflow, the provincial government will utilize the Iloilo Sports Complex, a sports arena it owns in this city.
Aside from additional beds and utilization of the Iloilo Sports Complex, the said the Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan has spare COVID-19 testing machines at the COVID-19 molecular laboratory.
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Another five of these COVID-19 facilities were recently completed and turned over to the Provincial Government of Iloilo, a statement from the agency bared Sunday, March 14.
DPWH Secretary and Chief Isolation Czar Mark A. Villar, citinga report from DPWH Regional Office 6 Director Lea N. Delfinado, said that new structures were composed of three isolation/quarantine facilities located in the Provincial Sports Complex in Lapaz, Iloilo City; and two off-site dormitories situated in Dr. Ricardo V. Ladrido Memorial District Hospital in Lambunao, Iloilo and Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan, Iloilo.
Villar explained that the container vans-turned-isolation/quarantine facilities had 16 air-conditioned rooms with their own comfort rooms. Also present are amenities like nurse quarters and nurse station.