Yesterday
marked the first post-quarantine Monday for most of the country. For a lot of
the country’s cities, where COVID-19 transmissions remain low, “freedom is at
hand.” Whereas, for the country’s COVID-19 hotspots, NCR, Cebu, and even Davao,
the state of the lockdown is uncertain.
And yet,
life in the new normal goes on. As malls have reopened, and citizens are
getting used to the new way of shopping—1 meter apart—doctors are alsoreopening clinics.
Non-COVID
healthcare also ground to a halt when the lockdowns happened—patients needing
outpatient care such as routine checkups, specialist care, psychiatric care,
and the like, had to set aside their healthcare needs in order to give way to
the priority du jour: COVID-19 patients.
Technology,
however, has paved the way for innovative uses. Psychiatric care can actually
be easily and effectively done online, and there have been doctors who have
seen their patients via video call, all during the height of the lockdown. With
NCR, its surrounding areas, and some other cities in the VisMin area, there is
definitely a need for options such as these.
Specialist
care has also been done online. An Ilonggo EENT and OB-Gyne have both given
online patient care and prescriptions, and such life-supporting use of
technology are testimonies of what it can do, when used right.
We have seen
“Bayanihan” at its best during the height of the Quarantine. We’ve seen people
rise up to equip our healthcare workers and give them their much-needed
support. Let’s continue doing what we’re supposed to do: Staying at home for
the healthcare workers, because they stayed at work for us.
Dr. Kharlle Joehn Hautea, Surgeon, Iloilo Missions Hospital (Source)
As the new
week starts and we’re in for another round of Netflix, work from home, and Zoom
classes in the new normal, let us remember this:
“A person’s true character is often revealed in time of crisis or temptation. Make sure that you have what it takes to be your best in such times.” –Dr Paul T.P. Wong, Ph.D. (Canadian Clinical Psychologist)
The Latest
COVID-19 Stats for Healthcare Workers; Numbers Indicate the Infected:
Doctors:
|
671
|
Nurses:
|
841
|
Medical
Technologists:
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84
|
Radiologists:
|
42
|
Nursing
Assistants:
|
144
|
Others (admin, barangay health workers):
|
284
|
Actively Infected:
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1,341
|
Recovered:
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938
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Casualties:
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35
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Total Infected As Of 5/17/2020:
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2,314
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Download the
latest COVID-19 Situationer from the DOH HERE.
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