VM Ganzon admitted to hospital

Iloilo City Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon is currently admitted to a hospital after being diagnosed with acute onset pneumonia.

According to Mayor Jerry Treñas, Ganzon started to feel ill on Aug 26, 2020 due to vomiting and fever.

Ganzon underwent laboratory workup, and his X-ray check showed that the vice mayor has acute onset pneumonia.

Ganzon was subjected to swab testing and given antibiotics as part of the health protocols. He was isolated and placed under home quarantine.

On Friday, Ganzon’s family took him to a hospital for proper medical attention after he again vomited.

Initial rapid antibody test on Ganzon yielded negative results while result of his real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, which is the more reliable way of detecting COVID-19, is still pending.

Ganzon’s family and close contacts were also swabbed and subjected to quarantine, as advised by the mayor.

Treñas appealed to Ilonggos to pray for the speedy recovery of Ganzon as well as negative results for his RT-PCR test.

“Together with the Vice Mayor’s family, we are fervently praying for his speedy recovery, even as we also hope for negative RT-PCR results for everyone. Please include him and his family in your prayers,” Treñas said. (ERS)