MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.
Volume IX, No. 299
Marawi opens new patient care center By DIVINA SUSON
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Mon-Tue, June 29-30, 2020
CdeO registers 29th case of coronavirus positive
ILIGAN CITY – The local government unit (LGU) of Marawi City opened a new quarantine and treatment facility over the weekend. Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra said the new facility which was opened on Saturday would help decongest the provincial screening and quarantine facility in Barangay Sagonsongan. The facility is a converted PHP30-million Siyapen Center, the first communitybased drug rehabilitation center which was funded by the Ayala Foundation and turned over to the local government unit in January 2018. “Siyapen” is named after the Maranao word for “care”. It has a 60-bed capacity and will house locally stranded individuals (LSIs) who are tested positive for Covid-19 but asymptomatic. At present, all returning LSIs are screened through rapid testing at the Sagonsongan facility. If found reactive of antibodies and show no flu-like symptoms, they are isolated at the 100bed facility managed by the EPIDEMIOLOGY EXPERT. Dr Joselito Retuya, the head of the so-called “Retuyas Army” answers questions from See OPENS, page 15
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the tri-media in Cagayan de Oro City during a regular press briefing.photo
The Siyapen Center in Marawi City (Photo courtesy of City Information Office - Marawi)
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By MDN Digital News Team
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The City of Cagayan de Oro has registered its 29th positive case of the deadly coronavirus disease, the City Health Department reported during a press briefing regularly held at City Hall. City Epidemiologist Joselito Retuya has confirmed during a press conference that the 29th case was again a Locally-Stranded Individual from Manila (LSI), one of the top cities in the country strongly hit by the onslaught of the deadly covid-19 pandemic. Manila, according to records from the Health Department has a total of over 2,000 positive cases, with 629 recoveries and 120 deaths. Retuya said the 29th case in Cagayan de Oro was a 22-year-old female resident of the numbered barangay in the city. She arrived in See REGISTERS, page 15
Bong Go’s office extends help to JRBGH in CDO CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Through the efforts of Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go and his office, medical equipment and supply donations were successfully turned over to JR Borja General Hospital (JRBGH) on Thursday, June 25 in Cagayan de Oro City. The office of Senator Go facilitated
the turnover of a unit of ultrasound machine donated by Pilipinas Shell Foundation Inc., as well as various donations from the private sector, such as 2,000 pieces of face masks, and ten pieces of thermal scanners to further equip JRBGH in its fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) See EXTENDS, page 15
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