RECOVERED PATIENT. A doctor, along with other health workers at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital, greets and applauds one of the two coronavirus disease 2019 patients in the province who recovered on April 7, 2020. The patient was sent home following negative results in the recent repeat test. (Photo courtesy of Province of Pangasinan's Facebook page)
MALASIQUI, Pangasinan — A 54-year-old female nurse from Barangay Nalsian Sur this town and a 68-year-old male Filipino-American from Barangay Cablong, Pozorrubio town were the first to recover from the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Pangasinan.
The Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) where the patient from this town was admitted for a couple of weeks confirmed on Tuesday that she was sent home after she recovered from pneumonia symptoms of Covid-19 and tested negative of the virus.
“The patient was finally sent home on April 7, following a negative result of her Covid-19 repeat test done on March 31,” PPHO said on its Facebook account.
The patient was admitted on March 16. She had close contact with the first Covid-19 patient from Bayambang town who died of the disease.
“The hospital hopes for more recoveries from this disease as it continues to provide quality healthcare services to all its patients,” PPH added.
Meanwhile, the other Covid-19 patient who recovered was discharged from the Medical City in Ortigas where the patient was admitted.
The patient traveled abroad and was admitted to the hospital since his arrival in the country.
As of 7 p.m. April 7, Pangasinan has 29 Covid-19 cases; eight have died, while 19 are still admitted in hospitals. Since April 5, no additional cases were recorded.
The most recent case is a 33-year-old female doctor who was a patient under investigation (PUI) before her test result came out positive on April 3.
“The patient was admitted to our institution last March 29, as a PUI but was discharged after two days and opted for home quarantine. We would like to inform the public that the patient is recuperating well and awaiting the scheduled follow up test,” EPDH said in an advisory issued on April 4 posted on its Facebook page.
The hospital’s services were temporarily suspended until further notice to give way to infection prevention and control measures, it added.
There are a total of 94 PUIs, 10 of them have died, 37 are admitted in the hospitals, and 47 have recovered. (PNA)
