These temporary facilities, introduced for the first time in the Philippines, are specifically designed to provide emergency obstetric care, including Caesarean sections. Enrique Ona, the first of two “hospitals in containers” to be provided by UNFPA in the region. Osotimehin handed over to local authorities in Palo, Leyte, in the company of the Secretary of Health Dr. Two maternal deaths were reported in Roxas, Capiz, during the first days after the typhoon as hospitals were unable to provide blood transfusions.ĭuring his visit over the weekend, Dr. Nearly 1,000 births per day are expected, with almost 150 of them to experience life-threatening complications. It is estimated that 3.7 million women of reproductive age are still affected by the impact of super typhoon Haiyan that hit the Philippines last month. “Providing reproductive health care, including family planning, is essential to helping women stay healthy and making informed choices while they rebuild their lives.” “Pregnancies don’t wait for debris to be cleared and for livelihoods to be restored,” said Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, following a visit to the provinces of Leyte and Eastern Samar. Danguilan stressed.TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - The international community must make women’s health a priority as typhoon-hit areas in the Philippines begin reconstruction and recovery, said Dr. “ there is less exposure to other people, including healthcare workers,” Dr. What’s more, all surfaces are wiped and ultraviolet light is applied for 30 minutes. Proper social distancing is likewise required and counters for patient transactions are separated by acrylic dividers lowering the risk of contamination. In fact, it operates with a routine triage area to assess Covid-19 risk, provision of alcohol hand sanitizers, and regular body temperature checks before entering the building. The NKTI-Baxter PD Center of Excellence is not only convenient for the patients, but also safe given the strict health protocols in place amid the pandemic, she added. “We use new technology to ensure that we can serve our PD patients better,” said Dr. What’s more, it integrates clinic visits which would also help facilitate their scheduled check up for the day. This system has also incorporated scheduling of the patients’ next claim, including an SMS reminder. Once their names are called as reflected in the monitors above the counters, they shall proceed to the different steps they require-from assessment, charging, payment and releasing of their PD solutions for home use. With this latest innovation, they just need to key in the purpose for claiming, whether for the PhilHealth’s PD First Z Benefit Package amounting to P270,000 per year or using financial assistance from the Department of Health or other agencies. The complex features a queuing system, making the process of claiming these life-saving fluids more efficient for patients on continuous ambulatory PD. “ they have this new building housing adequate dispensing areas, and soon to open are clinical areas for PD training enhancement and more,” Dr. Patients who are trained to perform the dialysis themselves in the comfort and convenience of their own homes, come to NKTI every two weeks to pick up 42 PD solutions and caps for their treatment. Such storage area, according to her, is of big help since the bulk orders for these medical supplies consume a lot of the hospital’s warehouse space. Located at the NKTI grounds, the 1,000-square-meter building houses a two-story warehouse that has a capacity to accommodate 60,000 bags of PD solutions and accessories for more than 700 patients per month. “This is another milestone for the NKTI to serve our more than 800 patients on PD.” Romina Angangco-Danguilan, deputy executive director for medical education, training, and research at NKTI, told the BusinessMirror in an e-mail interview. We want to put more patients on this type of dialysis that is affordable, accessible and financially sustainable by the government,” Dr. (BHPI), inaugurated on Tuesday a new building that offers a comprehensive full-service facility for peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients.Ĭalled the NKTI-Baxter Peritoneal Dialysis Center of Excellence, the joint venture is an innovative public-private partnership program realized at the onset of a global pandemic when safe and convenient therapy is much needed by people with chronic kidney disease. AS part of its 38th founding anniversary, the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI), together with Baxter Healthcare Philippines Inc.
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