Emergency room operations of the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center will remain closed until August 31 while management makes the facility safer to patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Bilang pagsunod sa pinaigting na health standard ng pamahalaan, humihingi kami ng pang-unawa sa publiko sa patuloy na pagsasara ng Emergency Service Complex ng JRRMC hanggang Agosto 31,” the JRRMMC said in an advisory.
“Ito ay para bigyang daan ang patuloy na pagkukumpuni ng pasilidad ng Emergency Service Complex upang ito ay maging mas ligtas at mas kapaki-pakinabang,” it said.
From August 19 to 26, the health facility said its emergency room operations were limited to give way to the disinfection of the emergency service complex amid the rising cases of COVID-19.
From August 19 to 26, the health facility said its emergency room operations were limited to give way to the disinfection of the emergency service complex amid the rising cases of COVID-19.
Non-COVID patients who will be brought to the JRRMMC will be transferred to Tondo Medical Center.
COVID patients will be brought to the San Lazaro Hospital and Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Medical Center.
Emergency room operations will resume on September 1, 2020, it also said.
