Makati builds 4 more emergency quarantine facilities for COVID-19 patients

MAKATI CITY — Mayor Abby Binay announced Monday that the City of Makati has started constructing four additional emergency quarantine facilities to augment the capacity of hospitals catering to patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and persons under investigation.

In a statement issued to media, Binay said the additional facilities were built in partnership with several private sector donors. cWTA Architecture and Design Studio created and designed the easy-to-build emergency facilities.

The mayor said three temporary structures will be built at Pembo Elementary School and one at the parking area of Ospital ng Makati. The construction of four quarantine facilities is expected to be completed immediately.

“We have built additional quarantine facilities to further augment the capacity of our public hospital. This is to ensure that we have enough facilities for our PUIs and to make sure that no people who are under quarantine will be forced to go home,” the mayor said.

“We have taken strategic measures to battle this pandemic and flatten the curve of the virus. The city will continue to think of ways to make sure that every Makatizen is safe and healthy,” she added.

Each facility, which is made of wooden frames and Polyethene sheet, houses 15 beds, sanitation and disinfection areas, a testing box, and a lounge for nurses.

Last February, the city converted the Makati Friendship Suites in Barangay Cembo into a quarantine facility to accommodate 100 PUIs.
Barangay health centers have also put up their own isolation areas for those with COVID-19 symptoms.