QUEZON CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- The Cardinal Santos Medical Center (CSMC) in San Juan City on Friday concluded its first round of vaccine rollout for close to 1,900 of its healthcare workers against COVID-19.
"Today marks another milestone for Cardinal Santos Medical Center as the hospital concludes the eight-day vaccination of its hospital workers," the CSMC told the PIA-NCR.
"A total of 1,890 personnel were inoculated with Sinovac and AstraZenica vaccines," the hospital said.
"This includes medical doctors, nurses, employees and contracted staff," the hospital added, further saying that, the hospital is targeting to administer the second doses of vaccine by April.
The CSMC in San Juan City is one of the first private hospitals to get a hand on COVID-19 vaccines under the World Health Organization’s COVAX facility.
“I was told by the LGU [local government unit] that they are getting the vaccine for us,” said CSMC chief medical officer Dr. Zenaida Javier-Uy, in an interview with CNN Philippines.
San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, for his part, also confirmed that the private hospital will get Pfizer vaccines.
“Ang national government ay maglalaan sa San Juan pati sa Metro Manila LGUs [local government units] ng Pfizer,” Mayor Francis said.
He said the national government will be allocating Pfizer vaccines for San Juan and for other Metro Manila LGUs.
The first batch of Pfizer vaccines that will arrive in San Juan are meant for healthcare workers, medical frontliners, wherein the Cardinal Santos is included.
“Ang unang batch na darating na Pfizer na darating sa San Juan, ito po ay para sa kategoryang ito, for the healthcare workers, for medical frontliners wherein kasama po ang Cardinal Santos diyan.”
CSMC has earned its place as one of the country's leading hospitals specializing in the fields of Cardiology, Neurosurgery, Oncology, and Rehabilitation Medicine. (PIA NCR)
Source: Philippines Information Agency (pia.gov.ph)
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