DPWH turns over emergency quarantine facility to AFP

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Thursday turned over an emergency quarantine facility inside the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) general headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo.

In a statement, the AFP said the facility, constructed under the supervision of the Quezon City Second District Engineering Office, was designed to augment existing health care facilities inside the camp.

The facility consists of 14 units of 40-footer container vans with four rooms each with complete health care amenities. It can accommodate up to 54 patients.

The construction began on August 18 and was completed on August 31.

The turn-over and blessing ceremony was attended by Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, AFP chief General Gilbert Gapay, AFP deputy chief of staff Lieutenant General Ramon Lim and representatives from the DPWH.

“We are immensely grateful to be the recipient of this project that will definitely enhance our Command’s facility readiness in our continuous fight against COVID-19,” Gapay said.

“This facility is an embodiment of government agencies’ teamwork and unity in addressing the pandemic. Rest assured that the AFP will compensate this act of service by the DPWH through the active performance of our mandate,” he added.

Aside from the new facility in Camp Aguinaldo, the DPWH is also fast-tracking the completion of another emergency quarantine facility in Villamor Air Base. — Ma. Angelica Garcia/RSJ, GMA News