Covid-19 treatment facility opens in Subic

Eisma had earlier defended the facility project after some Subic stakeholders expressed fear that it might lead to more Covid-19 exposure among local residents and workers.

The SBMA chief also assured stakeholders that the remote location of the facility, as well as strict health protocols observed in

Subic, would ensure the safety of the Subic community, as well as those involved in the management of the Covid-19 treatment and monitoring facility.

To this, Subic Bay Freeport Chamber of Commerce (SBFCC) President Benjamin Antonio III agreed, saying that the location of the facility “provides a conducive environment for individuals who would need to be isolated because of the Covid-19 virus.”

Antonio said he was “quite confident in the arrangements our government will institute to protect our community, since the complex is well-guarded and fenced, and our healthcare workers are some of the best trained.”

He added: “Moreover, I know that the stakeholders of the Subic Bay Freeport would take this as an opportunity to provide help to our countrymen. We cannot disconnect ourselves from their sufferings. We persistently speak of compassion—now is the chance to display it.”