DAVAO CITY — The city government it partnership with private groups will open tomorrow. December 6, its first 24/7 Covid-19 Cluster Clinic at Doña Vicenta Village, Bajada further enhancing the city’s response to the evolving coronavirus pandemic.
The clinic is the first among the eight clinics which the city government is set to establish to provide services for all Covid-related concerns, free of charge and open for 24 hours.
Among the city’s partner is the Reach Health-U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for the realization of the Covid-19 Cluster Clinic, represented by United States of America (USA) Ambassador to the Philippines Heather Variava.
Covid-19 Task Force Spokesperson Dr. Michelle Schlosser, in an interview with the city government-owned DCDR said that the clinic is a one-stop-site offering free contact tracing, consultation and medicine, swab test, quarantine or isolation, transportation, and food for suspected, probable, or confirmed Covid-19 cases.
All the services of the city will be availed in said clinic, as she stressed that close contacts of Covid-19 positive and persons with Covid-19 related symptoms or those with influenza-like-illness (ILIs) can also be assessed in the Covid Cluster Clinic.
The clinic will also utilize telemedicine that people can consult and communicate with doctors on Covid-related matters in the safety of their homes.
The opening of the first clinic is only a part of the commitment of Mayor Sara, who in August bared the city’s plan to establish cluster clinics to enhance the services of the city health districts that have been functioning for both COVID-19 related and the regular or established health programs amid a limited workforce.
Mayor Sara said the establishment of the Covid-19 Cluster Clinics addresses the need to further boost the city health Covid-19 response without affecting the regular health services.Â
