‘We Heal As One’ quarantine facility opens in Muntinlupa City
Anew “we Heal As One” quarantine facility for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients and suspect cases in Muntinlupa City opened in Barangay Tunasan on October 13. The 144-bed quarantine facility has been constructed by the Department of Public works and Highways (DPwH) in partnership with the local government unit (LGU) of Muntinlupa.
DPwH Secretary Mark Villar, Department of Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and Mayor Jaime Fresnedi led the blessing ceremony of the emergency quarantine facility amounting to P45 million in Pacwood Site, Barangay Tunasan.
Fresnedi extended his gratitude to DPwH’s assistance for the construction in the city of the additional isolation facility, which he notes is an augmentation in the local Covid-19 response efforts.
Also attending the ceremony were Office of Civil Defense Associate Secretary Hernando Caraig Jr., City Administrator Allan Cachuela, City Health Officer (CHO) Teresa Tuliao and CHO Isolation Facility Administrator Juancho Bunyi.
The DPwH and Muntinlupa
LGU have converted 36 units of shipping containers as isolation pods for positive Covid-19 patients, suspect and probable cases, and quarters of medical frontliners, who will serve in the facility.
each room has a comfort room, air-conditioning unit and bed supplies.
A wi-Fi connection will also be installed in the facility. Residents, who will occupy the isolation rooms, will receive a Covid-19 essentials bag, consisting of a hygiene kit, vitamins, medicine, thermometer, bedsheet, pillow blanket, and towels, among others.