DOH On Roque Hospitalization: “We have our protocols.”
DOH ON ROQUE HOSPITALIZATION — The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday refused to comment on the alleged hospital prioritization of Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, who was confined at a hospital after catching COVID-19 a second time.
Roque’s confinement at the hospital elicited criticism as several hospitals in the National Capital Region (NCR) and nearby provinces already reached full capacity because of a surge in coronavirus cases.
In a report on ABS-CBN News, DOH spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire told ANC’s Headstart that they have protocols in their system, adding that there’s a triaging system in their hospitals based on the level of severity of patients when they came in.
“We have our protocols and there is also triaging system in our hospitals based on the level of severity of patients when they come in. For this, please forgive me I’m not going to comment on this but as I’ve said, we have protocols in our system,” Vergeire said.
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On Sunday, Roque said that he’s feeling better after “only one vial of remdesivir and steroids” and that he would check into a step-down facility on Friday in order for him to complete his 14-day isolation.
Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, sources earlier said that they saw Roque — who had a diabetes and a heart condition — inside the Philippine General Hospital’s Department of Pay Patient Services.
Roque, according to a report on ABS-CBN News, was currently on “non-invasive breathing support” as he needed to be connected with a “Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure” — a type of ventilator.
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