Inanunsiyo ngayon ng Asian Development Bank (ADB) na kanilang inaprubahan ang $125 million (P6 billion) na loan para sa Pilipinas upang palakasin pa ang pagharap sa problema na dala ng COVID-19 pandemic.
Ayon kay ADB Vice-President Ahmed Saeed, sa ilalim ng Health System Enhancement to Address and Limit (HEAL) COVID-19 Project ay mapapalakas pa ng Department of Health (DOH) ang health services sa iba’t ibang dako ng bansa lalo na sa upgrading sa medical equipments at mga trainings sa health workers.
Una rito noong buwan ng Marso tumulong din ang ADB sa DOH pagbuo ng
pandemic subnational reference laboratory na nasa Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital sa San Fernando, Pampanga, na patuloy na ang operasyon at kayang maglabas ng output ng 3,000 COVID-19 tests kada araw.
“The project will provide medical equipment, including electrocardiography machines and defibrillators, to 17 major hospitals across the country and upgrade their laboratories and isolation facilities; provide ventilators to 70 DOH hospitals and 20 island local government hospitals; install computed tomography (CT) scan machines in 33 hospitals nationwide to improve clinical management of COVID-19 cases; deliver test kits, chemicals, and reagents to at least 10 government molecular laboratories to increase their COVID-19 testing capacity; and provide personal protective equipment to frontline health workers and laboratory technicians,” bahagi pa ng statement ng ADB.
