The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) has deployed medical tents to assist hospitals currently experiencing an overflow of dengue patients.
The PRC has set up 10 airconditioned medical tents in most affected hospitals — Balasan District Hospital, Sara District Hospital and Guimbal District Hospital in Iloilo; Tapaz District Hospital and Bailan District Hospital in Capiz; Aklan Provincial Hospital; Pagamutang Bayan ng Dasmarinas in Cavite, and Gregorio Lluch Memorial Hospital in Iligan.
These hospital tents have now served 2,526 patients — mostly children aged eight months old to 12 years old.
Vida Obon, mother of a one-year-old patient at PRC’s medical tent in a hospital in Cavite, feared the possibility of having her son transferred to a hospital in Manila, which is a two-to-three-hour ride from the province.
According to Richard Soriano, father of an 11-year-old patient, the congestion in the hospital raised concerns that his son PJ, who was diagnosed with scoliosis, could worsen his condition.
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PRC, in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the German Red Cross, continues to support the Department of Health (DoH) to assist hospitals, especially in rural areas.
The deployment of medical tents is part of PRC Chairman Richard Gordon’s three-point strategy to address the dengue crisis—decongest hospitals, ensure the adequacy of safe and quality blood supply, and conduct massive information and cleanup drives.
Latest report from the Department of Health shows that the number of dengue-related deaths this year spiked to 882, a 63 percent increase from last year — while 208,917 have been affected by the dengue crisis.
