The Department of Health in Region 10 (DOH-10) deployed Monday another 12-member team to help medical front-liners in the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon (Calabarzon) in their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response.
The volunteers, who will be deployed to Daniel O. Mercado Medical Center at Tanauan, Batangas consisted of Dr. Emerald Holly B. Tago, a medical officer from Clarin, Misamis Oriental, and 11 nurses from this city and Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental.
DOH-10 Director Jose Llacuna Jr. said the group is the fourth batch of front-line healthcare volunteers dubbed “Covid-19 Legionnaires” to the Calabarzon area.
They will assist health workers in Calabarzon from April 25 to May 31.
Llacuna said the deployment is in response to the call for help from other regions to augment manpower shortage.
Llacuna said he was elated knowing that the healthcare workers volunteered to help other regions, even amid the risk.
“We are very proud of you. I can see that even there is also a need here, you still have the courage to volunteer; that we really appreciate. I am honored and feel proud of you,” he said to the volunteers prior to their departure.
He said DOH-10 expects its volunteers to return “home the same way that they have left the region: alive, healthy, and negative for” the virus. (PNA)
