Ninoy Aquino Stadium in full disinfection after sending home COVID-19 survivors

By Leobert Julian A. de la Peña

The Ninoy Aquino Stadium is currently undergoing full-disinfection after 123 COVID-19 survivors were successfully sent home with no recorded deaths in their two-month operation.

Ninoy Aquino Stadium was one of the facilities converted to a “We Heal as One Center” for COVID-19 patients by the Philippine Sports Commission. The program is aimed at decongesting hospital patients and at the same time help in the government’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Right after discharging its 123 patients, the facility immediately underwent total repair and disinfection to ready its return as a sports facility.

“Malaking pasalamat po natin sa Panginoon dahil wala pong namatay sa ating mga pasyente. Napakagaling po ng ating AFP medical doctors dahil ginawa po nila ang mga nararapat talaga,” said Philippine Sports Commission’s Security Supervisor Angel Dayag.

Meanwhile, the other PSC facilities are still under operation, with the Rizal Memorial Coliseum (RMC) in Manila catering 67 patients while the Multi-Purpose Arena (MPA) in the PhilSports Complex has 34 patients.

“Kami pong PSC frontliners, umaasa po kami na gagaling po ang lahat ng mga pasyente natin dahil ginagawa naman po lahat ng AFP medical doctors ang lahat. Ang hiling lang po namin ay sana walang mamatay sa ating mga pasyente, dasal na lang talaga ang kailangan natin,” added Dayag.