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DOT BACKS TEMPORARY HOSPITALS ON TOURISM SITES

Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat said the Department of Tourism (DOT) would support the construction on tourism sites of temporary hospitals and other medical facilities necessary to fight the COVID-19 crisis. Romulo-Puyat made the statement in the recent groundbreaking of Manila’s Mega Field Hospital, a temporary facility which will be built at the Burnham Green of […]

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RIZAL SPORTS COMPLEX TO OPEN THIS WEEK FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS – VILLAR

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said they are looking to open for operation within this week the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila which is one of several state-owned buildings to be converted into temporary health facilities for the treatment and monitoring of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. “By this […]

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Politics

LGUs SHOULD SET UP TEMPORARY HOSPITALS FOR COVID-19 – GATCHALIAN

As the country sees more Filipinos being infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Senator Win Gatchalian has called on all local government units (LGUs) to set up temporary  hospitals and isolation tents where patients with mild symptoms can be isolated and lessen the risk of spreading the virus. Gatchalian proposed that these temporary facilities […]