by Thiago Santos March 23, 2021 Medical frontliners from the Don Manuel Lopez Memo...
March 23, 2021
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| Medical frontliners from the Don Manuel Lopez Memorial District Hospital in Balayan. (Photo from Batangas PIO) |
BATANGAS CITY - 101 medical frontliners from the Don Manuel Lopez Memorial District Hospital in Balayan town were given COVID-19 vaccines on March 15.
The Provincial Health Office (PHO) spearheaded the vaccine roll-out to the medical frontliners of such hospital who received the Astra Zeneca vaccine.
The first to receive the vaccine was the Chief of Hospital Dr. Maureen Villanueva.
According to Dr. Villanueva, there are seven (7) steps that everyone who will undergo the vaccine will go through including pre-registration, registration, screening, counseling, vaccination, post-vaccination and validation.
This process is part of the Department of Health’s (DOH) micro-planning.
Dr. added. Villanueva that the frontliners who will be vaccinated will have to go through screening to find out the vital signs and medical history and once they pass, the vaccination can continue.
He stressed that there is nothing to fear in receiving the vaccine as it is the most effective defense against COVID-19.
“May apat na staff sa District Hospital na hindi kasama sa pagbabakuna lalo na at ito ay voluntary at hindi sapilitan. May kanya-kanyang silang dahilan kung bakit hindi sila sasailalim sa pagbabakuna. Ilan sa mga dapat gawin kung sasailalim sa pagbabakuna ay ihanda ang ating sarili, huwag matakot dahil lahat ng bakuna ay may side effect o adverse reaction dahil depende ito sa defense mechanism ng ating katawan," said Dr. Villanueva.
Simulation exercises are being conducted at various district hospitals in the province of Batangas to prepare for the ongoing roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines.
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