Its cause is not known and hospital authorities could not be reached for comment.
Dr Jay Germer, professor at the University of Philippines’ College of Medicine said all of the hospital’s staff and patients were safe and accounted for.
“The problem is now smoke in the wards,” she said.
Fire in PGH ORSA already out. The problem now is smoke in the wards. So far all patients and staff are safe and accounted for.
Vice President Leni Robredo made an appeal on Twitter for “big, industrial fans” to clear the smoke caused by the fire.
Appealing to anyone with big, industrial fans who would be willing to lend them. PGH urgently needs them to dissipate the smoke that enveloped the hospital due to the fire. Thank you.
Published May 16, 2021, 2:08 PM
“Longest night shift duty.”
This was how Kathrina Bianca Macababbad described the experience after she and her other co-workers safely evacuated 35 babies from the fire incident at the Philippine General Hospital on Sunday morning (May 16).
(Photo courtesy of Kathrina Bianca Macababbad / via Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN)
In a Facebook post on Sunday, Macababbad, a health worker from PGH, shared how she and her co-workers safely transferred all the babies from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) located at the 4th floor of the hospital to the open area.
“Enjoy na enjoy pa ako nagpapaligo ng mga baby loves (patients) ko ng biglang may nagbukas ng pinto ko at sabi ay magprepare ng mag evacuate dahil may sunog (I was enjoying bathing my patients then someone opened my door and told me to prepare to evacuate because there’s a fire),” she wrote:
Source: WikipediaMANILA – Firefighters put out a blaze early on Sunday at one of the Philippines’ largest hospitals that had prompted the evacuation of dozens of patients from the facility, which also treats coronavirus sufferers. No casualties were reported in the fire at the government-run Philippine General Hospital in the capital, Manila, which was extinguished at […]
The rebuilding of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) almost forty years ago today was “one of the best good things” that former First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos has done for her country, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr.
Former First Lady Imelda Marcos (3rd from left