Center for disease control itatayo sa Pangasinan

October 31, 2021 Provincial

LUNGSOD NG BAGUIO – Isang Disease Prevention and Control Research Center ang malapit nang itayo sa Region 1 Medical Center (R1MC) Bonuan Binloc Annex ditto matapos ang groundbreaking nito noong Miyerkoles (Oktubre 27).
Sa isang panayam ay sinabi ni Pangasinan fourth district Representative Christopher de Venecia na ang PHP20-million project ay pinondohan sa pamamagitan ng suporta ni Deputy Speaker Kristine Singson-Meehan ng Ilocos Sur at Speaker Lord Allan Velasco ng House of Representatives.
“This is first of its kind to really augment our healthcare system,” aniya. Sinabi ni De Venecia na ang research center ay magsisilbi rin bilang isang coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) facility sa oras na matapos ito sa susunod na taon.
“Even though there will no longer be Covid-19 in the future, we will still encounter infectious diseases so we really need to prepare for that,” aniya.
Isang ribbon-cutting ceremony para sa Center for Emerging and Reemerging Diseases building ang isinagawa rin sa lugar kasama ang groundbreaking ng research center.
Sa isang hiwalay na panayam ay sinabi ni R1MC chief Dr. Joseph Roland Mejia na ang center for emerging and reemerging diseases ay pagsisilbihan ang Covid-19 at iba pang pasyente ng nakahahawang sakit dahil ito ay may pressurized rooms upang mahadlangan ang pagkalat ng mga virus, habang ang disease prevention center ay magiging pangunahing opisina ng mga researcher.
“In the future, we will have problems with emerging and re-emerging diseases and viruses. These things will not go away so these centers will have a great impact especially that R1MC is one of the top 10 performing hospitals in the country,” aniya.
Samantala ay sinabi ni de Venecia na patuloy pa rin niyang isinusulong ang pagtatapos ng pitong-palapag na gusali ng R1MC upang taasan ang bed capacity ng ospital mula 300 sa 600.
“We do need to expand the bed capacity in compliance with the law that was passed by my predecessor, former fourth district Representative Gina de Venecia. It has been a long time that the law was not complied with,” aniya.
Tinutukoy niya ang Republic Act 10614 or An Act Increasing the Bed Capacity of R1MC from 300 to 600, Authorizing the Increase of its Medical Personnel, Upgrading its Services, Facilities and Professional Health Care and Appropriating Funds na ipinasa ng 15th Congress noong 2012.
“I was told by Secretary Francisco Duque III that there will be funding for it and the facility will be completed by 2024 to 2025. We do not want patients being cured at the hallways or parking lots, which was happening even before the pandemic,” dagdag ni de Venecia.
(HA-PNA/PMCJr.-ABN)