--The Provincial Health Team Office recorded 2,293 dengue cases in Ilocos Sur as of 5 pm of August 18. This data was presented by Benjamin Castillo, Provincial Health Team Leader during the Provincial Consultative Meeting against Dengue held in this city on August 19. Cases this year is up by 370% compared to cases recorded last year. (Around Ilocandia Channel)
The outbreak is a major problem on public hospitals here in ilocos... including, of course, Sinait District Hospital where I am currently working in. In a day, at least 5 are admitted who are suspected with dengue fever.. The provincial government gave their full support to all the needs of the dengue patients forming the Task Force Dengue program but still stocks of medicine, IV fluids, foods and laboratory materials are easily "wiped out" (my term.. haha) due to high demands.. even the bed spaces is a problem..
no more rooms for patients!!!
you may always see this set-up in public hospitals on TV, newspapers, documentary photographs.. but for me, I can't believe that its actually happening in our hospital..
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| the 25-bed capacity hospital accomodated more or less 75 patients |
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| southern alley (OB to DR area) NOTE: the patients are not "in labor", they "in dengue" :) |
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| northern alley (pedia/female/medical ward area) usually, this is the widest alley in the hospital.. it is where we wheel the patients from ER to be admitted.. but well no more space for these patients so the COH has no choice but to provide the place for them.. NOTE: the patients also brought their own beds :( |
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| In front of Medical Records Office |
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| we even transformed the benches into beds |
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| GOd is with us.. That's why we always have something to provide... |
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| my co-nurses during a tiresome-so-toxic night duty (11-7) |
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| and yes! this is the thrill!! to add spice on our duty there was a sudden brown out!! and oops there is no utility/IW on duty that time so no one can turn on the generator.. we were afraid naman to do it bcause it was extremely dark outside so we just use candles while we wrote the charts, praying there would be no DR/ER/OR cases or else someone brave enough (or maybe would be no choice) will turn on the generator.. anyway the brown out lasted only for 45 minutes,.. thank God within that time, we didn't have an urgent need of any electric device.. | |
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As of Aug.18, 89 cases of dengue were recorded at Sinait and thank God (again) we have no mortality records...
