{"id":269859,"date":"2020-09-25T07:12:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T11:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=269859"},"modified":"2020-09-25T07:12:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T11:12:57","slug":"thailand-donates-2-negative-pressure-isolation-rooms-to-vmmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/25\/thailand-donates-2-negative-pressure-isolation-rooms-to-vmmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand donates 2 negative pressure isolation rooms to VMMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v8.0\" nonce=\"tgMxe78y\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DNDPHL\/posts\/3486868894703435\" data-width=\"750\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DNDPHL\/posts\/3486868894703435\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>VMMC receives Negative Pressure Isolation Rooms from ThailandThe Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) received two&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DNDPHL\/\">Department of National Defense &#8211; Philippines<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DNDPHL\/posts\/3486868894703435\">Friday, September 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC)&#8217;s capability to respond to the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) got a significant boost following the donation of the Kingdom of Thailand of two negative pressure isolation rooms on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana together with VMMC medical director, Dr. Dominador Chiong, Jr., received the donation from the Kingdom of Thailand, Ministry of Defence of Thailand, Royal Thai Armed Forces, Siam Cement Group (SCG) Public Company, and Mariwasa Siam Ceramics, Inc., represented by Thai Ambassador to the Philippines Vasin Ruangprateepsaeng.<br \/>\nThe two negative pressure isolation rooms would aid in preventing the spread of contagious diseases, allowing healthcare staff to perform critical medical procedures without the need to transfer the patient\/s or equipment within the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecially dedicated to the Veterans Memorial Medical Center, this equipment will enable life-saving services to Filipino veterans who will need care during this Covid-19 pandemic, being the most vulnerable to the virus,\u201d Lorenzana said, as he thanked the Royal Thai government for the donation to the Filipino people.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ruangprateepsaeng shared that the Thai community in the Philippines continues to cooperate and provide support to the Philippines\u2019 Covid-19 containment efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the number of infections having reached 32 million people worldwide, it is now more important than ever that we stand together to ensure the safety of our people,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Ruangprateepsaeng reaffirmed the Kingdom of Thailand\u2019s commitment to working closely with the Republic of the Philippines to build further upon the cooperation between the two countries and to tackle the challenges, including the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lorenzana highlighted the strong Filipino-Thai relations through the years and the importance of regional cooperation in overcoming the present health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly this week, President Duterte called for global alliance to combat this pandemic. Today\u2019s turnover shows strong ASEAN regional effort in our ardent and collective desire to lessen the adverse effect of the virus to our people. May our countries sustain this enthusiasm and cooperation, as we transition to the new normal,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VMMC receives Negative Pressure Isolation Rooms from ThailandThe Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) received two&#8230; Posted by Department of National &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":269860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-priam-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269861,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269859\/revisions\/269861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}