The Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital will temporarily stop admitting patients in the coming days to make way for the disinfection of facilities after a group of physicians and a nurse got infected by coronavirus.
“Upang masiguro ang kaligtasan ng mga pasyente at empleyado ng Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital sa darating na ika- 24, 25, 26 at 27 ng Oktubre 2020 [Sabado, Linggo, Lunes at Martes] ang OB emergency room, Pediatric emergency room at out-patient department ay pansamantalang isasara at hindi tatanggap ng pasyente (On October 24,25, 26, and 27 [Saturday to Tuesday], our OB and pediatric emergency rooms and out-patient department will be temporarily closed and will not accept patients),” the announcement stated.
The hospital management confirmed seven doctors and one from the nursing department tested positive for COVID-19. Contact tracing has been conducted and swab testing started today for personnel who had close contacts with the infected medical staff. The rest of the hospital employees are yet to be tested. – Report from Mark Fetalco
