Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital

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Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital
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Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital
Geography
Location Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines
Coordinates 14°34′50.8″N120°58′29.9″E / 14.580778°N 120.974972°E / 14.580778; 120.974972
Organization
Funding Government hospital
Type Field
Services
Beds344
History
Construction startedApril 20, 2021
OpenedJune 25, 2021
ClosedDecember 2022
DemolishedJanuary 2023
Links
Lists Hospitals in the Philippines

The Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital was a field hospital in Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines set up as a response against the COVID-19 pandemic, the first of its kind in the country.

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History

The Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital was built in Rizal Park by the Manila city government led by Mayor Isko Moreno as a response against the COVID-19 pandemic in the city. It is meant to quarantine mild to moderate COVID-19 cases. [1] Moreno asked for permission from the Department of Tourism to build a temporary hospital in Rizal Park on August 12, which was approved two days later by the tourism department. [2]

Groundbreaking for the temporary health facility began on April 20, 2021. [1] The field hospital was built in 52 days by 362 construction workers. [3] The facility was finished on June 11, 2021. [4] ₱154 million was allotted for the hospital's construction. [4] The hospital was inaugurated on June 24, 2021, [5] and began operations the following day, also accepting non-residents of Manila. [3] [6]

The field hospital had an occupancy rate which rose as high as 92 percent; with 317 beds occupied out of its 344 beds on August 10, 2021. [7] [8]

In June 2022, the hospital was reported to operate up until only of December of the same year. [9] In early January 2023, the hospital was dismantled ahead of the Feast of the Black Nazarene to be held on that site on January 9. [10]

Facilities

The Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital, built at the Burnham Green in Rizal Park, had a planned capacity of 336 beds–which could be expanded by 100 beds owing to its "scalable" design. [1] The hospital at its opening had 344 beds. [3] The hospital is a prefabricated building made from modular containers and had an air-conditioning system. [1] [4] It covers an area of 4,402 square meters (47,380 sq ft) [11] It also had admitted non-Manila residents. [12] A 12.2-meter (40 ft) container van was installed near the facility for temporary storage of bodies of COVID-19 casualties. [13]

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  13. ↑ "Manila LGU sets up 40-foot refrigerated container van for bodies of COVID-19 victims". Manila Bulletin. August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 31, 2021.
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