Health workers group HPAAC says people die in emergency rooms when they can't be admitted immediately. Wards and rooms are full.
It urges President Duterte to issue EO to order data gathering to create a COVID-19 referral network.
It urges President Duterte to issue EO to order data gathering to create a COVID-19 referral network.
Dr. Pauline Convocar of HPAAC: "Kahit na iisa lamang pasyente ang hindii natin maasikaso at mabigyan ng tamang suporta, sintomas na ito na may mali sa sistema."
She stresses need for central data body, integrated response for effective T3 (test, trace, treat).
She stresses need for central data body, integrated response for effective T3 (test, trace, treat).
HPAAC points out contact-tracing mess—apps used by LGUs and private establishments are not linked to a centralized data repository.
They should be compelled to share data, the group says.
They should be compelled to share data, the group says.
We can no longer afford to abandon separate contact-tracing apps at this point, says Dr. Aileen Espina of PH Academy of Family Physicians.
Instead, data collected by separate contract tracing systems be integrated for actionable information via presidential EO.
Instead, data collected by separate contract tracing systems be integrated for actionable information via presidential EO.
This proposal came after the DILG ordered LGUs to drop their own contact-tracing apps in favor of the nat'l government's StaySafe app which is yet adopted. philstar.com/headlines/2021…
Dr. Convocar says while lockdowns are considered "timeout" for health workers, they are not able to rest.
It is instead supposed to be a time for policymakers to sit down and recalibrate pandemic response, HPAAC suggested.
It is instead supposed to be a time for policymakers to sit down and recalibrate pandemic response, HPAAC suggested.
The medical practitioners also urge the government to make transportation available for health workers and patients during ECQ.
Palace earlier announced it will purchase 500,000 antigen test kits to aid contract-tracing during ECQ.
Dr. Anna Ong-Lim of HPAAC says antigen tests not recommended for mass testing since they don't always detect COVID-19 when symptoms are absent.
Dr. Anna Ong-Lim of HPAAC says antigen tests not recommended for mass testing since they don't always detect COVID-19 when symptoms are absent.
Antigen testing can instead be used for close contacts and those with symptoms as an alternative means of diagnosis in areas where RT-PCR tests are difficult to access, says Dr. Ong Lim, an infectious diseases expert.
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