Malacañang wanted to know who were the people red-tagging groups organizing donation drives for the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) following the fire that hit the State-run institution on Sunday.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman
By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News
Published May 17, 2021 3:31pm The Philippine General Hospital (PGH), a major COVID-19 referral center, will resume accepting virus-hit patients on Tuesday, May 18, once it has finalized adjustments after a portion of its building was hit by a fire, the hospital director said Monday. Dr. Gerardo Legaspi said he asked for a day in which to stabilize the transfer of patients affected by the blaze and to clear the smoke. “Humihingi lang po ako ng isang araw na hindi muna kami mag-a-admit ng COVID patients pero simula bukas po mag-umpisa na ulit kami ng pagtanggap ng mga COVID patients,” he said in a Laging Handa briefing.
(Photo courtesy of Jhing Talan / MANILA BULLETIN)
Jhing Talan, a fellow-in-training in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at PGH shared in a Facebook post the “beautiful stories” that she witnessed in the pedia department amid the fire.
“I want to remember this tiring day as a good one. People are really good at heart. May we all recover soonest as many of our patients deserve quality health care. Saludo po sa lahat ng mabubuting tao,” Talan said.
Talan said she personally saw how all the people in the hospital were safely evacuated and received continuous care with the help of all the doctors, nurses, firemen and other health workers during the incident.
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+ May 17, 2021 THE University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (PGH) will resume its full operations Tuesday, May 18, two days after suspending admissions due to a fire that hit a portion of its building Sunday.
The fire broke out near the hospital’s operating rooms before dawn Sunday, May 16, prompting staff and responders to evacuate the patients.
Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, the PGH medical director, said in a press briefing that the fire has not directly affected the hospital’s Covid-19 facilities, but he asked for a one-day reprieve (May 17) to prepare for the resumption of operations by Tuesday.
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May 17, 2021 | 7:53 pm
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HEALTH authorities on Monday flagged the increasing coronavirus cases in northern Philippines after nine more people from Cagayan Valley got infected with the coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom.
âThis might explain why cases are increasing in Tuguegarao City,â Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told an online news briefing on Monday. âWe will submit samples for whole genome sequencing.â
The region had 2,835 active coronavirus cases as of May 16. The UK COVID-19 variant is said to have a reproduction rate that is 1.35 times the usual coronavirus.
DoH on Saturday said 13 more people had gotten infected with the coronavirus variant from the United Kingdom, bringing the total to 967. The nine people from Cagayan Valley were among these.