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NAVAL, Biliran: The long wait is over for the Biliran Province as it started to roll out the COVID-19 vaccination campaign last March 10.
Biliran Governor Rogelio J. Espina, a medical doctor, and COVID-19 survivor, led the vaccination launching ceremonies at the Biliran Provincial Hospital, attended by the hospital personnel, government officials, and other health workers.
“Despite that, we have the vaccine already, it is still a must that we observe minimum health protocols such as wearing of face masks and face shields, physical distancing, and handwashing to make yourself safe from this disease,” Governor Espina said. He also thanked the health workers and front liners ‘who continuously work to ensure the safety of the Biliranons.’
Biliran Provincial Hospital Chief Dr. Joyce Caneja is the first medical worker to be inoculated with Sinovac, a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine. Governor Espina personally gave the first shot of the vaccine to Caneja. “Our hope to be free from this is finally here! Let’s have ourselves vaccinated,” Dr. Caneja underscored.
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Medical doctors, nurses, and other health workers in the hospital were given both Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines during the launching ceremony.
Other municipalities in the province also started to roll out their vaccination program: Municipality of Naval (March 10), Municipalities of Almeria, Cabucgayan and Kawayan (March 22), Municipalities of Culaba, Biliran, Maripipi, and Caibiran (March 23). The total number of vaccinated health workers and frontliners with Sinovac and AstraZeneca is around 764.
As of March 26, the Biliran Province has 324 total COVID-19 positive cases with eight (8) active cases.
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Medical frontliners from the Visayas State University were given their first shot of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on March 16, 2021, at the old building of the Western Leyte Provincial Hospital (WLPH) in Baybay City.
The first batch included 9 medical frontliners from the University Services for Health, Emergency, and Rescue (USHER) who availed of the most-awaited vaccination program of the national government.
Another batch of USHER staff was sent to the old WLPH building today, March 17, rounding up the total number of vaccinated VSU medical frontliners to 2 medical doctors, 1 dentist, 7 nurses, and 8 other USHER personnel.
VSU resident physicians Dr. Elwin Jay Yu and Dr. Merry Christ'l T. Guinocor along with university dentist Dr. Maria Belen J. Buzon led the USHER staff in this activity.
The second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine will soon be administered to all of them within two months, according to Dr. Yu.
Dr. Yu, who currently heads USHER, expressed his gratitude to both local and national governments for prioritizing medical frontliners for the national vaccination program.
“When we battled the COVID-19 pandemic in its first year, we were geared with minimum protection by only using face masks, ensuring social distancing, and frequent hand washing. But now that we are vaccinated, we hope that we may be able to serve our constituents with more efficiency and confidence because we know that we are protected,” VSU chief medical officer said.
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NAVAL, Biliran, March 6 (PIA) -- With easing up of the entry and exit protocols in the province in compliance with NIATF Resolution No. 101, Biliran Governor Rogelio J. Espina strongly recommended the strict implementation of the Covid-19 minimum public health standard (MPHS) down to the barangay level.
Governor Espina made the call in a Provincial Inter-Agency Task Force (PIATF) meeting on March 2 with Vice Governor BrigidoCaneja III, Board Members Edgar Igano, Carlos Chan, Allan Paul Tubis and Jerome Arcenal, municipal mayors, municipal health officers (MHOs), municipal local government operations officers (MLGOOs), municipal disaster risk reduction and management officers (MDRRMOs), heads of concerned national government agencies and key members of the PIATF.
“Naoobserbahan ko na medyo hinde mahigpit and implementasyon at pagsunod ng minimum public health standards, lalo na sa mga barangay,” Espina said.
The provincial local chief executive aired his disgust over the report that most of the people in the barangay do not even wear face masks, the very basic protection against Covid-19 virus infection.
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CATBALOGAN CITY – Access to health services in the region especially in Samar Island is limited due to unavailability of doctors and hospitals including specialty doctors and specialty clinics. This has become more evident during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Data show that provinces like Samar do not attract new doctors. Thus, the need to produce home-grown doctors who have high likelihood to serve their respective hometowns and the entire province was identified.
Data show that the EV region has only 0.25 doctor per 1,000 population, far from the ideal ratio of 1:1000. Seeing the need for a more aggressive intervention to bridge the gap, Samar State University (SSU) proposed to open a medical school, the Samar Island Institute of Medicine (SIIM).
As a step, SSU conducted a feasibility study in the establishment and operation of SIIM. It was found that the greatest challenge to the planned establishment are funds to operate and a training hospital.
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TACLOBAN CITY, Mar 4 (PIA) – The COVID-19 vaccines the Eastern Visayans have been dreaming of and wishing for will finally come to reality.
This, as some 7,200 doses of Sinovac vaccine are expected to arrive at the DZR Airport in Tacloban City in the morning of March 5, 2021.
DOH 8 RD Exuperia Sabalberino thru ARD Carmen Garado disclosed during the virtual meeting of the Regional Vaccination Operations Center Teams in the afternoon of March 4 that the vaccines are intended for the health workers of the Eastern Visayas Medical Center, the Schistosomiasis Hospital and the Divine Word Hospital.
All the RVOC Teams have been activated and are all set to do their respective tasks for the arrival and distribution of the vaccines. The teams include the Planning, Logistics, Cold Chain, Surveillance and Communication, Advocacy and Partnership.
It was learned that from the airport, the vaccines will be brought to the Cold Storage Facility of the Department of Health Region 8 where the allocation for EVRMC will be packed ready for delivery at 11:00 o’clock in the morning.
At 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, the Ceremonial Vaccination will be conducted at the Out Patient Department of EVRMC Cabalawan, where no less that DOH Regional Director Exuperia Sabalberino will vaccinate the EVRMC Chief of Hospital, Dr. Salvador Evardone.
Some 211 health workers of EVRMC are expected to be inoculated on the first day of vaccination. DOH disclosed that some 714 staff of EVRMC have signified their willingness to be inoculated with Sinovac. The hospital is expected to be done with the inoculation within seven days.
The ceremonial vaccination will be attended by the Regional Directors of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Office of Civil Defense (OCD), Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Information Agency.
DOH also disclosed that both the Schistosomiasis Hospital and the Divine Word Hospital have tentatively scheduled start of vaccination on Monday, March 9, 2021. (PIA8)
