THREAD: A hospitals' group calls the situation on the ground a 'nightmare.' How are health facilities in NCR coping 10 days after it was placed under ECQ?
@iampinkywebb speaks to PH Hospital Association President Dr. Jaime Almora on #TheSource | LIVE bit.ly/3fQoUAI
@iampinkywebb speaks to PH Hospital Association President Dr. Jaime Almora on #TheSource | LIVE bit.ly/3fQoUAI
Dr. Almora: Concerns of PH Hospital Association members ang mababang manpower, reimbursements na hindi pa nababayaran
PH Hospital Association: Gov’t hospitals receive support from gov’t, private hospitals not so much.
Dr. Almora adds gov’t hospitals have better manpower.
Dr. Almora adds gov’t hospitals have better manpower.
PH Hospital Association: It seems there’s a policy that gov’t cannot provide support to private organizations
PH Hospital Association says 60% of its members are from the private sector
PH Hospital Association: The problem in smaller hospitals is they can’t expand their services, so they refer their patients to bigger hospitals
PH Hospital Association: All COVID-19 claims were not paid since the start of the pandemic. We brought this up to PhilHealth on April 5 and PhilHealth chief Dante Gierran was very accommodating. He ordered regional offices to pay.
PH Hospital Association on unpaid COVID-19 claims: We feel there is a sincere effort from PhilHealth chief Gierran to resolve this matter
PH Hospital Association describes the COVID-19 situation in hospitals: Long line of patients waiting for a chance to get admitted. Some people are from provinces and they were referred to bigger hospitals.
PH Hospital Association: The battlefront shouldn’t be in hospitals. We need to bring the battlefront in homes and offices. People need to defend themselves and avoid getting sick.
PH Hospital Association suggests increasing detection rate: If we empower people to self determine their COVID-19 status, this can be used to know how to isolate or prevent the disease from spreading
PH Hospital Association hopes FDA will approve home use of rapid antigen tests: They’re as easy as doing pregnancy tests. They should be commercially available so people can examine themselves.
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