00:00This year's Yuletide season is the nation's annual tradition for revelry, repast, and spreading the Christmas cheer.
00:07But it is also a time for remedy, recovery, and readiness, especially with the skyrocketing incidents for flu-like ailments
00:15and the inevitable toll of firecracker injuries during the New Year celebration.
00:21Thus, busy public hospitals like the East Avenue Medical Center have their preparations all laid out
00:27for the inflow of firecracker blast victims from here on to after the New Year, as our Bien, Vinnie Manalo reports.
00:37The Department of Health, or DOH, assured that the government hospitals throughout the Philippines
00:42are ready for patients who will get sick or will be injured in firecracker-related incidents this holiday season,
00:50including the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City,
00:53which has already placed medical equipment, medicines, and disinfectants in their emergency wards.
01:00The EAMC previously conducted our orientation for stakeholders
01:04where the improvement of operational guidelines and strengthening of the patient's safety
01:09and holiday readiness campaign was discussed.
01:12They also conducted readiness rounds in emergency rooms and hospital wards.
01:17Monitoring of operations and immediate response and implementation of protocols are also continuing.
01:22Among the things that the hospital prepared for every holiday season
01:26are firework-related injuries, acute coronary syndrome, bronchial asthma, stroke, and non-communicable diseases.
01:34Usually, meron po kaming patient navigation.
01:36Meron pong referral system ang aming hospital.
01:41So, we usually, they advise kung sino po yung dadalhin during that time
01:47at para ma-prepare din po namin yung area.
01:50Wala pong babayaran yung mga patients namin under charity.
01:54So, minsan dinudumog kahit hindi na po nakoko-ordinate, dumadating na po sila.
01:59Meanwhile, Health Secretary Ted Herobosa took a tour of the Philippine Heart Center
02:03and National Kidney and Transplant Institute as part of the DOH Ligtas Christmas Campaign.
02:09The NKTI confirmed that they will also accept patients who are referred to the hospital
02:14for non-renal complaints or cases not related to kidney disease.
02:19The hospital management assured that they are ready to expand bed capacity
02:23for the expected rush of the patients this holiday season.
02:26Ang pinakamalaking regalo ngayong Pasko ay ang pagiging present.
02:32Ito po ang ating mga health workers.
02:35The best present is being present.
02:38Hindi kayo nagpapasko, di ba dito kayo nagpapasko.
02:40The health workers stay in the hospital to provide continued.
02:44The Heart Center also assured that they are also ready
02:47in case the case of heart attacks increase.
02:50The hospital will focus on cases of stroke, heart disease, and COPA
02:53which increase every December to January.
02:56The hospital's bukas center is also still open,
03:00providing immediate treatment to those who have been suffered.
03:03Firecracker-related injuries have been in accidents on the road
03:06and even those who have been affected by non-communicable diseases.
03:11Bien Manano from the National TV Network for a New and Better Philippines.
