Pregnant patient fibs about medical history, causes another Ospital ng Malabon lockdown

The second floor of the Ospital ng Malabon is closed until Monday for disinfection procedures after a pregnant woman from a barangay under hard lockdown in Caloocan City tested positive for COVID-19.

“‘Yun pong buong second floor kung sa’n makikita ‘yung Pedia, OB Gyne, Operating Room, ay isinara po muna pansamantala. Bubuksan po ‘yun sa Lunes at dini-disinfect po ngayon,” Malabon Public Information Office chief Bong Padua said in a 24 Oras report by Mark Salazar on Wednesday.

The pregnant woman, a resident of Barangay 12 in Caloocan, was found positive for COVID-19 via a rapid diagnostic test.

Authorities said there is no confirmatory test for her results yet.

“Tinanong din siya, ‘Exposed ka ba sa taong may COVID?’ Ang sabi niya hindi. ‘Ikaw ba ay may nararamdaman?’ ‘Wala kong nararamdaman.’ So lahat na ng tanong para kung malaman mo kung may COVID ang isang tao o wala ay medyo nagsinungaling siya,” Padua said.

“Pero kung gano’n pa man, dahil emergency siya, in-admit siya ‘di lang sa operating room dahil suspicious ‘yung ating mga doktor, ni-rapid test siya. ‘Yun nakita po, positive siya,” he added.

Barangay 12 has the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Caloocan with 41.

The Malabon government said it is mulling charges against the woman.

“Since it is emergency, pinapayagan siyempre lumabas ‘yung ganiyang cases na lalo na’t manganganak pa… Ang nakarating sa’min, ‘yung bahay ng buntis ay pinakamalapit do’n sa Ospital ng Malabon,” Calocan city administrator Oliver Hernandez explained.

The Ospital ng Malabon earlier had to scale down its operations after four staff tested positive for COVID-19. —Julia Mari Ornedo/JST, GMA News