CEBU - The Department of Health (DOH) inaugurated a state-of-the-art command center at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City to better serve the Visayas.
DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said the command center is the first
among hospitals in Visayas to be fully equipped to respond to health
emergencies and manage disasters.
"This facility will serve as a beacon of resilience and
preparedness in times of need. This initiative is vital in advancing universal
healthcare through proactive disaster management,” he said.
The VSMMC command center is DOH-operated and the hospital has
1,500 beds with a multi-specialty academic medical center and healthcare
provider network in the province.
It has a monitoring mechanism with a live closed-circuit
television feed and real-time data surveillance to cater to local emergencies;
live weather updates from the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration; seismological activities and observations
of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology; Central Visayas
Electronic Health Referral System; and in-house queueing system watch, daily
bed utilization, patient tracking system, and electronic health record system
monitoring.
The inauguration was also attended by VSMMC executive committee
and medical center chief Dr. Gerardo Aquino Jr., DOH Undersecretary for
Universal Health Care - Health Services Cluster Area III Dr. Gloria Balboa, DOH
Central Visayas Center for Health Development Regional Director Jaime Bernadas,
and Cebu Provincial Board member and Committee on Public Health and Social
Services chairperson Stanley Caminero. (Maria Teresa Montemayor)
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