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Instant Hospitals: Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, PICC, and the World Trade Center are being converted into quarantine facilities

By Racquel Quieta
Published April 6, 2020 12:52 PM PHT

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The government and several members of the private sector are working together to convert establishments into quarantine facilities. See the photos of the instant hospitals HERE:

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has partnered with members of the private sector in converting the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), and the World Trade Center into quarantine facilities for Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) patients.

The Ninoy Aquino Stadium at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex will soon be functional as a quarantine facility / Source: TheBCDAGroup (FB)
The Ninoy Aquino Stadium at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex will soon be functional as a quarantine facility / Source: TheBCDAGroup (FB)

The project aims to decongest hospitals in Metro Manila, many of which are overwhelmed with the continued influx of COVID-19 patients.

A closer look at the quarantine facility at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex / Source: TheBCDAGroup (FB)
A closer look at the quarantine facility at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex / Source: TheBCDAGroup (FB)

BCDA ensured that the quarantine facilities would be comfortable and complete with 24/7 health monitoring. The sites will be airconditioned and have WiFi connectivity. Plus, the COVID-19 patients and medical frontliners will be provided with free food.

The World Trade Center will also be converted into a quarantine facility / Source: TheBCDAGroup and dpwhph (FB)
The World Trade Center will also be converted into a quarantine facility / Source: TheBCDAGroup and dpwhph (FB)

The quarantine facilities will have the following capacities:

DPWH Secretary Mark Villar documented the progress of converting the Ninoy Aquino Stadium into a quarantine facility / Source: SecMarkVillar (FB)
DPWH Secretary Mark Villar documented the progress of converting the Ninoy Aquino Stadium into a quarantine facility / Source: SecMarkVillar (FB)

In a Facebook post, BCDA thanked the private companies who worked hand and hand with them in the project.

Ongoing construction at the Philippine International Convention Center / Source: TheBCDAGroup and @dpwhph (FB)
Ongoing construction at the Philippine International Convention Center / Source: TheBCDAGroup and @dpwhph (FB)

Other sites that they also plan to convert into quarantine facilities include the Veterans Memorial Medical Center, Quezon City Memorial Circle, Amoranto Stadium, and Quezon Institute in Quezon City; PhilSports Complex in Pasig; Duty Free Philippines in Parañaque; FTI in Taguig City; the Filinvest Tent in Alabang; and, the Philippine Arena in Bulacan.

And, if you wish to make monetary donations in order to provide much-needed medical supplies for the courageous medical frontliners, you can do so through GMA Kapuso Foundation.

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