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Is Davao swine flu ready?

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Now that Cebu have quarantined 3 suspected cases of swine flu that were detected at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport and are we in Davao prepared for it? Considering Cebu and Davao have only a less than an hour flight, possible transfer of virus is imminent. But don’t panic ye? DOH has yet to confirm if it is really a swine flu disease. 

The picture below is the vicinity of Davao Medical Center (where I work too) and the one encircled with red is the Swine flu isolation ward, it was the SARS ward when it was the major headlines. It is just located beside the main building of the hospital and very close to the Mindanao Heart Center building. As you can see, it is quite near the road. Last week, the facility was again cleaned. Unfortunately, I dont have a picture of the interiors and hopefully next week, I will have a shot on the facade of the ward. 

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The nursing department of DMC have already made staffing schedules of the ward and fortunely Im not one of the staff. So, whats the process of admission of swine flu suspects, I really dont know. 

 

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