00:00 Meanwhile, public and private hospitals are also watching the patients who are being tested for heat-related illnesses and rabies cases.
00:10 We will talk about that with the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. President Dr. Jose Rene Degrano.
00:17 Good morning and welcome to Balitang Hali.
00:19 Good morning, Rafi and Connie and to our listeners.
00:24 Good morning to you.
00:26 What are the preparations or adjustments that our hospitals are making now that the weather is so hot?
00:34 Since we had a hot weather, we prepared our hospital members to be prepared that suddenly these patients came who are very hot and need to be replaced.
00:53 Usually, they need to be replaced.
00:56 Whatever they lost, they usually dehydrate because of too much sweating and too hot.
01:06 So our hospitals are usually prepared to replace them.
01:11 They are wearing sweaters to stabilize their condition, especially if it's too hot.
01:20 Some are wearing cold compresses to get rid of heat stroke.
01:27 Usually, it's just supportive unless there's another illness that sometimes becomes complicated.
01:40 So that's what we're seeing now when you monitor heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke, the most dangerous.
01:50 But did we see that the number of people who are affected by these related illnesses increased?
01:58 So far, our report, there's no...
02:02 Even if there are people who consult, usually, most of them are not confined.
02:08 After a few hours in the emergency room, after stabilization, they go home.
02:15 So that means their condition is not that bad.
02:23 So they can go home.
02:25 Doc, the rabies is talking about why only a few accredited private hospitals can respond to animals being bitten.
02:32 And why is there a high cost of treatment here?
02:35 Maybe it's expensive.
02:37 You know that vaccines are expensive.
02:41 But most hospitals, actually, there are clinics outside called ABC, Animal Bite Center.
02:54 Those animal bite centers are ready for all conditions like dogs, cats, rats, etc.
03:04 They have the treatment for that.
03:07 But the medicines are really expensive.
03:10 If we go to a private hospital, if it's just the initial, of course, if they're afraid of emergency, they need to be given a vaccine.
03:21 Subsequently, they can endorse it.
03:24 Or they can go to government facilities.
03:28 But what I know is that it's free at RITM.
03:32 In government facilities, the problem is you still need to buy the vaccine.
03:38 And that's why it's expensive.
03:40 I hope there are also in barangays.
03:44 The problem is that it needs to be determined. In barangays, there should be a doctor who will assess the condition.
03:52 Because it depends. There are what they call classifications.
03:57 For example, if the bite is near the head, like this, or open wound, like this, or far from the tip of the foot, etc.
04:08 Or the wound is deep.
04:10 They will determine the classification depending on what they will be given.
04:16 Thank you very much for your time this afternoon.
04:20 Thank you very much also.
04:23 This is Dr. René Degrano of PHP.
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