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Olivarez: Parañaque hospitals will take in COVID-19 PUIs

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Considering that Metro Manila has been placed under community quarantine, Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez on Monday ordered hospital administrators to accommodate and treat persons under investigation and persons under monitoring for the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

In his memorandum, Olivarez authorized Dr. Lea Grace Vasquez, administrator of Ospital ng Paranaque II (Ospar II) to receive, accommodate and manage patients in the city-owned hospital amid rising cases of coronavirus.

He also ordered Dr. Ehpraim Neal Corteza, director of Ospital ng Paranaque I, to accommodate patients in the hospital in line with the city government’s effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 by contributing much-needed space and medical expertise.

“Likewise, you are directed to provide sufficient, dedicated isolation rooms for them and apply the best treatment monitoring given by a competent medical staff for the early detection and treatment of the PUIs and PUMs,” Olivarez’s memorandum noted.

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Ospar I, a general surgery and government hospital with 178-bed capacity, is on Qurino Avenue, Barangay La Huerta.

The newly built four-storey Ospar II is in Barangay Don Bosco. It is a 150-bed hospital and one of the most modern public health facilities in Metro Manila.

Olivarez reminded hospital administrators to immediately provide the necessary reportorial requirements as may be required by the Department of Health and City Health Office with the declaration of the National Public Health Emergency.

Meanwhile, starting Monday, only individuals with official business at City Hall or any of its offices may be allowed entry, Olivarez said, while receiving personal visitors is strictly prohibited.

Prior to the entry of individuals visiting City Hall or any of its offices including its personnel, taxpayers, and applicants, Olivarez said they are required to accomplish a health declaration form if upon temperature thermal scanning their result is above normal.

Mar Jimenez, Public Information Office chief, also said that under Olivarez’s directive to department heads, if an employee has been feeling sick for more than one day, they must seek prompt medical attention and not report for work.

Jimenez also said a doctor’s certificate stating the employee is cleared for work must be submitted before commencing work.

He also said the mayor told the City Health Office they must apply a preventive, rather than curative, approach toward curbing the spread of the disease in the city. 

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