Cavite to open 584-bed capacity isolation center

IMUS CITY, Cavite—Local government officials inaugurated a 5-storey, 141 rooms Covid-19 Isolation Facility in Barangay Palico IV last March 28 as the number of cases of coronavirus continues to surge.

City of Imus Mayor Emmanuel L. Maliksi led the inauguration of the center named after Saint Dymphna, the patroness of those suffering nervous and mental afflictions as well as victims of incest.

According to Maliksi, the new facility will start operating in a week’s time. The building can accommodate around 584 patients in 143 regular rooms and six family rooms, he added.

Maliksi said the facility will accept asymptomatic patients in an isolation area. There is also a “step-down” area for the patients in need of additional days in isolation but already tested negative for Covid.

According to the mayor, they fast-tracked the construction of the facility as six hospitals in Imus, “including the Ospital ng Imus, already reached full capacity.”

Imus City has a total 3,971 confirmed Covid-19 cases and 702 active cases as of 3:00 p.m. of March 28. Barangay Buhay na Tubig was recorded to have the highest number of active cases at 47, followed by Barangay Pasong Buaya 2 with 44 active cases, data from the Imus City Health Office revealed.

The data also bared that around 2,547 healthcare worker frontliners of the locality have been inoculated.