The move comes after a former prisoner died of acute heart ailment and with suspected coronavirus infection. COVID19PH
ISOLATION FACILITY. The 48-bed facility in the BJMP jail site in Quezon City. Photo from the International Committee of the Red Cross
“Taking the attending physician's point of view, citing possible COVID 19 as a contributing condition is a piece of information that we cannot take lightly," said BJMP spokesperson Chief Inspector Xavier Solda. tents with electricity, water, sanitation, as well as with medical consumables, basic medical equipment and hospital furniture and hygiene materials.
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