PR | Posted on March 20, 2020
The Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu opened its doors to establish the Department of Health Central Visayas Center for Health Development COVID-19 Center in its satellite school in General Maxilom Avenue in Cebu City.
Dr. Jaime Bernadas, regional director of the Department of Health Central Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD 7) and Recv. Fr. Manuel Uy, S.J., SHS-ADC school president signed a Memorandum of Agreement for the use of the school building.
“The SHS-ADC shall allow the DOH, its authorized personnel and representatives, to access and use one of its buildings located inside the premises of the SHS-ADC Satellite School situated in General Maxilom Avenue, Cebu City,” stated in the MOA.
Based on the agreement, DOH shall be in-charge in setting up and maintaining the site, including the necessary manpower complement and logistics, which shall be composed of:
- Quarantine Area of fifty (50) beds, which may be adjusted when warranted by its necessity;
- Triage Area for patients;
- Temporary Laboratory Facility for testing of Covid-19;
- DOH Operation Center;
- Equipment, machinery, and related appendices or tools;
- Other functionalities deemed essential for the valid operation by DOH inside the
premises.
SHS-ADC shall allow DOH access and use of its properties without any fees, rentals or similar charges.
Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, Sacred Heart School for Boys Batch 85 Foundation Inc., and fellow Sacred Heart School alumni Mario King and Edmund Liu worked to establish the Covid-19 Center in Cebu and in the region.
“This is the time where we need to lend a helping hand in order to fight Covid-19,” said Sec. Dino.
He also thanked SHS-ADC president Fr. Uy and its board members for allowing the government to use its school for the general welfare of all.
