BALANGA CITY — The biggest government hospitalhere has set up two screening areas exclusively for the coronavirus disease.
The screening areas in blue tent at the compound of the Bataan General Hospital are separate from hospital buildings and nurse’s stations. One is located adjacentto the Emergency Building and the other at the entrance of vehicles near the guard post.
The screening areas are manned by nursing attendants on three shifts daily.
“Bago ipasok ng Emergency Room ang pasyente, kailangan dumaan muna sa amin for screening. Check namin kung may lagnat, ubo’t sipon, pananakit ng ulo, paninikip sa paghinga, at pagsakit ng katawan,” said John Patrick Chua, one of the nursing attendants.
A hospital staff said that also asked of patients is their history of travel to a foreign country.
Chua said that after their screening, they refer the patient to an assigned physician for further check-up.
“Kung magpositibo, maaaring i-quarantine o ipasok sa Isolation Room. Kumpleto naman ang aming quarantine at Isolation Room facilities sa tulong ng Department of Health at ni Dr. Glory Baltazar,” the nurse said.
Baltazar is BGH chief.
