MANILA, Philippines — A hospital in Marikina City should revisit its policies on the discharge of patients after a patient was prematurely discharged despite testing positive for the coronavirus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Marikina Mayor Marcelino Teodoro said on Friday.
Teodoro said the patient was later brought to an evacuation center in the city during the onslaught of Typoon Ulysses.
“What is troubling us and what is alarming, iyong una naming case galing sa isang hospital. Kalalabas lang sa hospital tapos bumagyo, pumunta sa evacuation center so paglabas niyang hospital mayroon na siyang COVID-19,” he said in a phone interview with INQUIRER.net explaining…
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