Mayor Allan Xystus Gamilla says Bongabon is still Covid-free. Photo by Armand M. Galang
BONGABON, Nueva Ecija – Seventeen health workers from a government hospital here have been placed under 14-day quarantine after a vegetable trader from
nearby Laur town who died at the facility turned out to be suffering from a respiratory disease.
Mayor Allan Xystus Gamilla said the 57-year-old malevegetable trader was treated for a case of stroke at the Bongabon District Hospital over the weekend.
“Dahil na-stroke daw sa palengke ay itinakbo sa ospital at hindi na nakunan ng swab test,”Gamilla said.
“Problema, nag-cause po ng panic dahil ang sinasabi nga ay Covid patient po ito. Pero hindi po na-swab e kaya po hindi rin natin alam kung ito ay totoong Covidpatient bagama’t nagpakita po ng mga sintomas, inubo, may lagnat may sipon,” he added, quoting information he received.
This prompted a quick coordination among the municipal health office, municipal disaster risk reduction and management office and the officials of the district hospital to observe protocols, the mayor said.
Of the health workers that could have been exposed to the patient, nine, including two from Cabanatuan City,were under self–quarantine, and the eight who don’t have enough space for home quarantine were brought to a resort by the municipal government.
As of press time, Gamilla said this municipality remains free from the coronavirus disease.
“Ginagawa po namin lahat ng paraan para ma-maintain po ito kasama po ang lahat ng ating mga frontliners, mga kapitan ng barangay at mga manggagawa po ng mga barangay,” the mayor said.
