CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) through its various engineering units completed the construction of six more Emergency Quarantine Facilities (EQFs) within and outside Metro Manila since April 28.
Two of the facilities with 44-bed capacity were turned over to the Tondo National High School (TNHS), Manila on Thursday, May 21. The AFP Chief of Staff, General Felimon Santos Jr. attended the turnover ceremony along with Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko” Domagoso.
Joining the ceremony was Architect William Ti Jr. of the WTA Architecture + Designs Studio who leads the EQF project. Also present were Dr. Patrick Gitonga of the Samaritan’s Purse who partnered with WTA for the EQF project and Principal Sonny Valenzuela of TNHS.
“It is the AFP’s great hope that these newly constructed Emergency Quarantine Facilities here in Tondo shall serve its purpose of aiding hospitals to accommodate the increasing number of suspected and probable COVID-19 cases,” General Santos said.
The facilities were built through the efforts of the Office of The Chief Engineer, AFP led by Major General William Ilagan through the 51st Engineering Brigade led by Brigadier General Emmanuel Anthony Ramos.
Other completed EQFs were in Batangas Healthcare Specialist; The Medical City, Batangas; Perpetual Help Las Piñas; and Caloocan City North Medical Center. Each EQF was built by 20 soldiers within five to six days using power tools and around four truckloads of materials.
Meanwhile the sites for completion are in Novaliches District Hospital, Quezon City; Rosario Maclang Bautista General Hospital, Quezon City; two in Brgy. Sucat, Parañaque; and two in Taguig-Pateros Distrcit Hospital.
Previously, 78 EQFs were completed by AFP in partnership with various organizations. Under the WTA project, 10 were built by all-soldier construction teams while 52 were constructed by composite military and civilian teams.
Moreover, 10 were completed under the San Miguel Foundations Projects; one was made possible in partnership with a generous group from Davao; two were built in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City; and three were constructed under the AFP Health Service Command initiative.
“The men and women of the AFP shall remain devoted as they abide by their sworn pledge to protect our people, especially those from the most vulnerable sectors of our society. With the aid of the ingenious creations of professionals from the private sector, your soldiers will continue to fulfill their duty to the state and the citizens amidst this war against an unseen enemy,” General Santos said.
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