GUIMARAS – The provincial government broke ground to begin the construction of a 22-bed modular field hospital for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Barangay San Miguel, Jordan town on Oct. 26.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is funding the construction (P25,197,196.50).
The hospital will have comfort rooms, a nurse station, pantry, storage room, donning and doffing rooms, water tank, generators and distribution transformer.
Construction will run for three months.
“Kun may kaugalingon kita nga pasilidad diri sa probinsiya indi na naton kinahanglan dal-on pa sa siyudad ang aton mga pasyente bangud madamo man sila sang pasyente didto,” said Gov. Samuel Gumarin.
Guimaras has experienced a spike in COVID-19 cases in the past two months but the province is now classified by the Department of Health as “low risk” due to the significant decline in the number of new cases recorded daily.
“Daku gid ini nga bulig para sa Guimaras kay overwhelmed ang aton mga healthcare facilities because of this COVID-19 pandemic,” Gumarin said.
As of Nov. 3, Guimaras had 32 active cases of COVID-19 out of the 3,142 total confirmed cases in the island since the pandemic broke out.
Aside from Gumarin, also present during the groundbreaking were
Cong. Ma. Lucille Nava; Dr. JC Rahman Nava, special consultant for health sector and hospital operations of the provincial government of Guimaras; representatives from DPWH and the Dr. Catalino Gallego Nava Provincial Hospital./PN
