DUMAGUETE CITY — Two medical societies in Negros Oriental are urging the government to put the province under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) amid a surge in new COVID-19 cases.
In two separate statements, the Negros Oriental Medical Society (NOMS) and the Philippine College of Physicians-Negros Oriental chapter (PCP-Negros Oriental chapter) said the government and the public needed to do something before the local healthcare collapsed.
“We know that there is this rapid rise in cases more than the hospitals can handle. We know that we are losing precious lives. We know that we have so many critically ill and not enough resources. We only know the value of saving a life,” the …
Keep on reading: Negros Oriental docs ask to revert to ECQ amid spike in COVID-19 cases