BACOLOD CITY, Aug. 29 (PIA)—Responding to the call of Bacolod City mayor Evelio Leonardia for medical manpower augmentation due to the growing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases here, two medical teams of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) arrived in Bacolod City yesterday, August 28, to help local medical personnel here.
According to 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army Captain Kelvin Bayaban, the teams were received at the Bacolod-Silay airport by Colonel Michael Samson, Deputy Brigade Commander of the brigade, together with Dr. Elizabeth Altamira of the Department of Health (DOH) and Ben Arnel De La Cruz, also of the DOH.
“The AFP medical team is composed of two doctors, four nurses and six medical aides who will augment the frontline medical workers of Bacolod City to help handle the growing number of COVID-19 cases as well as provide needed assistance to the health system capacity of the city,” Bayaban said.
One team will be deployed at the Queen of Mercy Hospital headed by Captain Liza Dorao of the AFP Medical Corps, while the other team, headed by Probationary 2nd Lieutenant Stephen Nasiad, also of the Medical Corps will be deployed at the Riverside Hospital, he noted
Bayaban said the Central Command under Lieutenant General Roberto Ancan is not only focused on bringing security and transportation of basic goods to communities but also on providing assistance on health and medical services during emergencies.
The AFP medical team gave the 303rd Infantry Brigade 50 pieces of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to be distributed to military frontliners in Negros Occidental, he revealed.
Meanwhile, Col. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade Commander, expressed his gratitude to the commander of Central Command AFP for extending support to Bacolod City and the Province of Negros Occidental by dispatching the AFP medical team to boost the efforts and curb the spread of COVID-19 here and for the AFP Medical team for heeding the call of duty.
“We need your medical expertise against our fight on COVID-19. Let us help each other against this coronavirus," Pasaporte said. (303 Infantry Brigade, 3ID, PA/JSC/Lljr/PIA6 Negros Occidental)
https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1051662
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