View source for Hospitals in Region 9 placed on ‘Code White Alert’

*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=950589
*Monday, December 26, 2016
:(PNA), NYP/TPGJR/RGAAG/

ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) here has placed all hospitals on “Code White Alert” to be ready to respond to cases of emergency during the yuletide season.

Dr. Agnes Mabolo, DOH regional coordinator for violence and injury protection, said the Code White Alert status took effect December 21 and will remain in effect until January 5, 2017.

Code White Alert means the hospitals are ready for any eventuality with complete staff and medicine.

Mabolo said the hospitals would not only focus on attending to firecracker-related injuries but to include other health needs of the public.

The DOH has recorded 12 cases of firecracker-related injuries here in Region 9 last year.

Here in this city, Dr. Romeo Ong, Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) chief of hospital, assured they are ready to respond to any emergencies that may arise.

Ong said the ZCMC medical staff is on standby equipped with surgical supplies and medicine.

Across the region, the DOH-retained hospitals included ZCMC, Mindanao Central Sanitarium; Labuan Public Hospital; Basilan General Hospital; Dr. Jose Rizal Memorial Hospital; Margosatubig Regional Hospital; and, Sulu Sanitarium.

Several private hospitals are also operating in different parts of the region.