TARLAC CITY – A viral post in social media showing Covid-19 patients at the Tarlac Provincial Hospital is not what it is purported to be.
Gov. Susan Yap said the lobby area and makeshift tents in the parking lot shown in the photographs served as the triage area of the hospital.
“Although that is true, that is not our Covid-19 area but our triage area contrary to the viral post implying those are all Covid patients,” Yap clarified.
Before getting admitted, she said, a negative RT-PCR result is required to protect both patients and medical frontliners in the facility.
“For that day, we had a surge because it is not only Covid season but for the past months dengue is on the rise due to the rains,” she said.
Yap stressed that there is a separate entrance for Covid-related patients. TPH has 450-bed capacity with 225 allotted to Covid-19 severe and critical cases.
She assured that the provincial government is giving its all to provide services for every Tarlaqueño.
“We have been working hard to meet the demands of the pandemic through our vaccine rollouts, financial aid, our Department of Health-accredited testing lab, assistance for locally stranded individuals hoping to return home, Bakuna Sa Barangay Para Sa Senior Citizens, among others,” Yap said. – Gabriela Liana Barcela/PIA-3
