The Villar Group is working with the DPWH and EEI for the conversion of The Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Halls 1 to 3 into a much-needed facility for the treatment and health monitoring of COVID-19 patients as well as Patients-Under-Monitoring (PUMs) and Patients-Under-Investigation (PUIs) in ten days’ time.
In support of PRRD’s call to combine efforts in fighting COVID-19 as one nation, Villar Group, DPWH and EEI are now working together to accomplish the redesigning and transformation of Forum Halls into COVID-19 facility within ten days period. The immediate conversion of PICC Forum Halls to an improvised health facility will significantly provide an optimal isolation space for monitoring of people infected by COVID-19 as most health facilities in Metro Manila have or is nearing maximum capacity.
The PICC Forum Halls is a multi-purpose venue with usable area of about 4,000 square meters. Once converted, it is estimated to cater to the treatment of about 630 COVID-19 patients.
“In these challenging times, I would like to give you the firm assurance of our companies’ commitment to extend help in whichever way we can and converting PICC to a health facility in the fastest time we can is just one of them,” said Manny B. Villar, Chairman of the Villar Group of Companies.
Once completed, the operation of PICC’s temporary health facility for treatment and monitoring of patients experiencing mild respiratory symptoms such as fever, cough, and colds shall be under the supervision of the Department of Health (DOH).