MANILA –The Department of Health (DOH) will be on code white alert from May 1 to May 5 in line with the yearly Labor Day celebration and the Asian Development Banks (ADB) meetings in Manila.
“The teams will be on standby modes in hospitals so that they can immediately respond to any emergency situation,” said Love Bella, a staff from DOH-Health Emergency Management Bureau (HEMB) in a phone interview.
Code white alert refers to the readiness of hospital manpower like general and orthopedic surgeons, anesthesiologists, internists, operating room nurses, ophthalmologists, and otorhinolaryngologist, to respond to any emergency situation.
Also during code white alert, emergency service, nursing and administrative personnel residing at the hospital dormitory shall be placed on an on-call status for immediate mobilization.
HEMB operations center will be on 24-hour duty on the said dates to monitor any incidents.
In a text message, DOH Undersecretary Enrique Domingo has assured the readiness of all DOH hospitals.
“All government hospitals are on alert and ready to accommodate patients in case of emergency on Labor Day,” said Domingo.
Meanwhile, the ADB annual meeting, slated on May 2 to 6, is expected to gather 3,000 delegates, composed of finance and development ministers and central bank governors of the bank’s 67-member economies. (Leilani Junio/PNA)
