Mindanao News She added that the Malagos Rehab As to the staff who will man the Center, which can accommodate some PUI centers, Duterte said this remains a 28 patients, currently houses 22 PUIs. challenge to the city government. “Only Malagos center is occupied and the rest were still empty. We want to fill in a specific center first before opening the other one,” Duterte added.
However, she said they have settled with what they have right now as they cannot impose to health volunteers to render their services to the centers.
In La Vida Inn, she said it can accommodate up to 26 PUIs while the ALS center will accommodate positive Covid-19 patients with mild cases only.
“We have called on several volunteer health workers but we do not impose anything on them because it is a public health emergency and it is not right for us to push them on the job. It’s “We do not want them in the purely voluntary because there is a risk to hospital, because we reserve the beds their health and their life,” Duterte said. for those people who needed the health intervention the most, like the use of the She added that it is necessary to oxygen and ventilators,” Mayor Sara put trained and highly-skilled health added. workers because of the risks posed by She said on Monday (March 30), the job. Covid-19 positive patients from Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) with The Department of Health in Davao mild symptoms will be transferred to ALS. Region confirmed that it already has a total of 30 people positive of Covid-19, For BFP and Queensland, she said 20 of them were admitted at SPMC. the construction works are still ongoing. (PNA)
MinDA crafts plan to address potential rice shortage By Prexx Marnie Kate Trozo
DAVAO CITY – North Cotabato’s provincial government and the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) will launch next week a program to augment rice supply in the area during the lean season.
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