'Collapse' of Benguet's health care infra feared
>> Monday, September 20, 2021
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet
-- Local officials and health authorities aired possible
"collapse" of the province's health care system because of alarming
increase of Covid-19 cases even as cases of the more infectious Delta variant
were bared.
Gov. Melchor Diclas said the Benguet General Hospital started using tents within the hospital compound to accommodate rising number of Covid-19 patients being admitted by the hospital daily.
He added five district hospitals and temporary treatment and monitoring facilities in the province reached maximum capacity, the reason why asymptomatic and mild patients are now being considered for home isolation if their residences qualify.
The governor said the provincial government is hiring 10 new medical officers to replace the eight doctors of the BeGH who refused to renew their contracts to serve the hospital.
According to Diclas, there is a need to restrict movement of people inside and outside the province to help in containing the spread of the deadly virus, especially now Benguet had already recorded 10 Delta variant cases.
While he said it is true being confined in tents might inconvenience patients who will be temporarily housed in the same, the governor said the BeGH administration has to take the option rather than deny patients from being treated in the hospital.
The BeGH is a 150-bed secondary hospital managed and operated by the provincial government which serves as primary healthcare facility operational in the province.
The five district hospitals being managed by the provincial government are Northern Benguet District Hospital in Buguias, Atok District Hospital in Atok, Kapangan Community Medicare Center in Kapangan, Itogon District Hospital in Itogon and Dennis Molintas Memorial Hospital in Bokod.
Diclas, a physician by profession, urged health workers to continue their dedication and passion to render service to the people of Benguet and for them to hold on amid the difficult situation they are experiencing in the ongoing battle against the deadly virus.
Gov. Melchor Diclas said the Benguet General Hospital started using tents within the hospital compound to accommodate rising number of Covid-19 patients being admitted by the hospital daily.
He added five district hospitals and temporary treatment and monitoring facilities in the province reached maximum capacity, the reason why asymptomatic and mild patients are now being considered for home isolation if their residences qualify.
The governor said the provincial government is hiring 10 new medical officers to replace the eight doctors of the BeGH who refused to renew their contracts to serve the hospital.
According to Diclas, there is a need to restrict movement of people inside and outside the province to help in containing the spread of the deadly virus, especially now Benguet had already recorded 10 Delta variant cases.
While he said it is true being confined in tents might inconvenience patients who will be temporarily housed in the same, the governor said the BeGH administration has to take the option rather than deny patients from being treated in the hospital.
The BeGH is a 150-bed secondary hospital managed and operated by the provincial government which serves as primary healthcare facility operational in the province.
The five district hospitals being managed by the provincial government are Northern Benguet District Hospital in Buguias, Atok District Hospital in Atok, Kapangan Community Medicare Center in Kapangan, Itogon District Hospital in Itogon and Dennis Molintas Memorial Hospital in Bokod.
Diclas, a physician by profession, urged health workers to continue their dedication and passion to render service to the people of Benguet and for them to hold on amid the difficult situation they are experiencing in the ongoing battle against the deadly virus.
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