Mariing kinondena ng Makati Medical Center (MMC) ang ginawa umanong paglabag ni Sen. Koko Pimentel sa protocol ng ospital.
Ito’y matapos lumabas ang ulat na nasa loob ng pagamutan ang senador sa kabila ng pagiging positibo nito sa coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
“We denounce the irresponsible and reckless action of the senator. He added the burden of a hospital trying to respond in its most competent and aggresive manner to cope with the daunting challenges of this COVID-19 outbreak.”
Sa inilabas na statement, sinabi ng medical director na si Dr. Saturnino Javier na nilabag ni Pimentel ang Home Quarantine Protocol nang pumasok sa Delivery Room ng ospital kung saan na-expose siya sailang healthcare workers.
“As a result, a number of our nurses and doctors may need to be quarantined which will further deplete the dwindling workforce of the hospital. The entire Delivery Room Complex will have to undergo decontamination and disinfection before it can be used,” ani Javier.
Nasa MMC si Pimentel kagabi dahil manganganak ang kaniyang asawa na si Kathryna Yu.
“More than anyone else, Mr. Pimentel, should have realized the ardent desire of every well-meaning Filipino and every dedicated healthcare institution to contain the spread of the infection.”
“His admonition for everyone to observe social distancing, enhanced community quarantine measures, washing of hands and personal hygiene are nothing but empty rhetoric because he himself violated all those.”
“By his actions, he contributed no solution. In fact, he created another problem – for Makati Medical Center, the very institution which embraced his wife for obstetric care.”
Una ng nag-deklara ang MMC ng “full capacity” dahil sa dami ng patients under investigation sa COVID-19 na naka-admit sa kanilang pasilidad.
Sa ngayon na-decontaminate at na-disinfect na raw ng MMC ang kanilang Delivery Room Complex, at pwede na raw gamitin.
Naka-quarantine na rin daw ang na-expose na healthcare workers.
“We fervently pray that none of our health care staff will acquire the viral infection. As we make this wish, we plead and urge everyone to do his share in quelling the spread of this infection – especially our nation’s duly elected leaders.”
