Teen is latest COVID-19 patient in Zambales
SAN ANTONIO, ZAMBALES –– A 16-year-old boy from Candelaria, Zambales tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), local health officials said on Friday.
Dr. Noel Bueno, provincial health director, said the patient was initially diagnosed with “acute glomerulonephritis” or inflammation in the kidneys when he was admitted to the President Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Hospital in Iba, Zambales on Jan. 10. He was then discharged three days later.
“[But] he was admitted to the hospital again on July 9 and was diagnosed with bilateral pulmonary edema and pneumonia,” Bueno said.
On July 10, the patient was transferred to the Allied Care Expert Medical Center-Baypointe in the Subic Bay Freeport to undergo dialysis treatment due to his worsening health condition, Bueno said.
The boy was swabbed for the COVID-19 test on July 11 and was found positive for the virus three days later.
It was not immediately known how the boy contracted the virus.
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