ANGELES CITY -- The City Government has acquired modular tents to augment the capacity of private hospital and government facilities in accommodating Covid-19 patients.
Mayor Carmelo "Pogi" Lazatin, Jr. said hospitals in the city have reached their full capacity and can no longer accept a big volume of patients in the following days.
The modular tents will be deployed to the Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center and City College of Angeles, which serve as quarantine facilities for Covid-19 patients and their relatives, according to the mayor.
"Dahil sa patuloy na pagtaas sa bilang ng mga kaso ng Covid-19 sa siyudad, napupuno na po ang ating mga ospital at quarantine facilities kaya bumili po tayo kaagad ng 200 na modular tent na ilalagay natin sa Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center at City College of Angeles upang magamit natin sa mga Covid-19 patients," Lazatin said.
The acquisition of modular units will address the problem of hospitals in the city, the local chief executive added.
"Ito ay upang matugunan ang mga kasalukuyang problemang kinakaharap ng ating mga hospital at quarantine facilities na lahat ay full capacity na po," Lazatin said.
The mayor at the same time thanked the city's health workers and other frontliners for their sacrifices to help other people, particularly the Covid-19 patients and their relatives.
"Kaugnay nito, nais ko rin samatalahin ang pagkakataong ito upang pasalamatan ang mga health workers at frontliners. Sila ang patuloy na nagsasakripisyo para maserbisyuhan at mapangalagaan at kalusugan at kaligtasan ng mga Angelenos laban sa Covid-19," Lazatin said.
The official assured that the City Government will extend full support to all frontliners.
"Ibibigay ng City Government ang lahat ng suporta, pangagailangan at tulong para sa kanila upang lalo nilang magampanan ang kanilang mga tungkulin sa bayan," Lazatin said.
The mayor said he recently directed the Local Finance Committee on the immediate computation of the frontline workers' special risk allowance.
"Kamakailan lang ay ipinagutos natin sa Local Finance Committee ang agarang pag-compute ng kanilang special risk allowance upang maipamigay na ito sa lalong madaling panahon. Malaki ang maitutulong nito sa kanila at sa kanilang mga pamilya na matagal na nilang hindi nakakasama buhat ng magsimula ang pandemya," Lazatin said.
Frontliners are provided free food, shelter and regular swab testing while they work in Covid-19 wards, the mayor said.
"Hindi pa ito sapat na kabayaran sa pagmamalasakit at kabayanihan na ipinapakita nila sa ating mga kababayan lalo na sa panahon ngayon kung saan marami ang nangangailangan at mas dumadami ang kaso ng Covid-19 sa siyudad," Lazatin added.
The City Government has recorded a total of 219 Covid-19 cases, as of August 21, 2020, with 12 deaths and 81 recovered patients.