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55% of Caloocan hospital's Covid-19 patients unvaxxed

Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium (Photo courtesy of DPWH) MANILA - About 55 percent of the 274 coronavirus patients currently confined at the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium in Caloocan City are unvaccinated. Medical Director Dr. Alfonso Victorino Famaran Jr. on Monday said 53 percent of the hospital's 520 beds dedicated to Covid-19 patients are occupied. Of the 274 patients, 43 percent are fully vaccinated and 2 percent are partially vaccinated. Famaran said the hospital, also known as Tala hospital, does not accept patients with mild and moderate symptoms and those not requiring oxygen. "Iyong mga naka-admit po dito (Those who are confined are with(sad) severe cases, 8 patients or 3 percent, critical cases 7 or 2.6 percent, moderate cases 259 or 94 percent po," Famaran said during the "Laging Handa" briefing. Famaran also shared that 510 of the hospital's 1,300 health care workers are in isolation due to infection or exposure to coronavirus patients. "Currently, 'yung (our) health care workers are under home quarantine," he said, adding that 99.2 percent of the hospital's workers have received primary series of the Covid-19 vaccines while majority already have booster or additional doses. Despite the lack of personnel, Famaran said hospital operations continue with the 229 additional personnel dispatched by the Department of Health. Health authorities emphasize that unvaccinated individuals are more prone to contracting Covid-19 infection, particularly the highly transmissible Omicron variant, and may develop severe symptoms. (PNA) }

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510 Tala Hospital workers under isolation

Amid a shortage of healthcare workers, the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium in Caloocan, popularly known as Tala Hospital, remains fully operational.

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Unvaccinated patients comprise 71% of COVID-19 cases in major Caloocan hospital

Unvaccinated patients comprise 71% of COVID-19 cases in major Caloocan hospital
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COVID-19 Testing Czar Dizon, medical center chief join Tala hospital health workers in getting first jabs

Secretary Vince Dizon throws a victory sign after being vaccinated with the CoronaVac vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech pharmaceutical. (DOH photo)
CALOOCAN CITY, March 1 (PIA) -- The country's COVID-19 Testing Czar and National Task Force (NTF) Deputy Chief Implementer Secretary Vince Dizon on Monday personally joined the chief and around 200 initial medical frontline workers of the Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital and Sanitarium in Tala, Caloocan City in getting the first shots of the coronavirus vaccine.
Posing with a victory sign after receiving the vaccine, Dizon had sat down with Dr. Alfonso Victorino Famaran, Jr., Medical Center Chief II, to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this morning, along with 180 health workers, who all hailed and expressed confidence in the donated CoronaVac vaccine from China's Sinovac Biotech.

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PCCI honors medical frontliners

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) led the private sector in recognizing heroes in the medical community during this pandemic via the Gawad Bayaning Kalusugan award that was presented to the initial batch of 24 awardees.
PCCI President Amb. Benedicto Yujuico said this is their way of honoring healthcare professionals “who continue to risk their lives on a daily basis just so others may live”.
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The health frontliners are the true heroes of this pandemic and we are and should forever be grateful. This Gawad Bayaning Kalusugan initiated by Dr. Carl Balita serves as a national tribute to individual health professionals and healthcare teams form hospitals,” Yujuico said.

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