Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia stated that the procurement will boost bed capacity for patients with gentle to direct indications. The facility is found at the Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital. The procured gear included 17 beds, two stretchers, a versatile X-ray machine, two wheelchairs, and an electrocardiogram (ECG) machine with a few accessories. In expansion, the government acquired a defibrillator, a video laparoscopy, ten hand-held warm scanners, one autoclave, ten units of grown-up, and two units of pediatric blood weight (BP) apparatus.

The City Board approved the deed of usufruct between the city government and the Bacolod Queen of Mercy Healing center for the utilize of the gear at the Covid-19 facility. Under the terms of the contract, the gear will be claimed by the city and will be made accessible for complimentary utilize by the hospital. The city will advance give consumable supplies, counting individual defensive hardware and testing units, for the length of the assertion.

27 new Covid-19 cases in Bacolod and they need to improve the equipment and facilities. Local transmission is spreading very fast in some areas in Bacolod and the doctors were appealing to have an ECQ (Enhance Community Quarantine) this coming week.