Dorm for Capiz medical frontliners

By Alex A. Lumaque

 

ROXAS CITY, Capiz – Medical frontliners of Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital (RMPH) here and Bailan District Hospital in Pontevedra town will soon have an off-site dormitory as their temporary shelter after working long and grueling hours in attending to people who have COVID-19.

The health facility is nearing fruition after the Capiz Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved a Resolution No. 325 of 2020 which authorized Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) under its “We Heal As One Off-Site Dormitory for Medical Personnel” project.

Under the agreement, the DPWH will conceptualize, construct, manage and supervise the project which will be funded by the agency’s 2020 general appropriations budget, said an SP broadcast material about the upcoming dormitory.

“This will lighten the burden of medical frontliners like doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel of RMPH and BDH who need space to rest between shifts,” according to an SP news release.

DPWH Capiz 1st Engineering District Maintenance and Construction Division chief Engr. Julius Abela said the dormitory will be easy to set up as it is made of fabricated collapsible components.

When the structure is no longer needed, this can be dismantled and removed onsite and each of the components can be safely stored by DPWH as part of its property for other related requirements such as temporary shelter during disaster/calamity response.

The provincial government-run RMPH is a referral hospital for people with symptoms of COVID-19. (PIA)