23/05/2021
JUST IN: A group of doctors in Negros Oriental is now calling on the government to declare an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) or lockdown amid the soaring number of new cases in the province.
In a statement this afternoon (May 23, 2021), the Negros Oriental Medical Society (NOMS) said that the province and the public need to "do something before healthcare collapses."
As of today, Negros Oriental has 709 active cases, after it reported a record-high 204 new infections on Friday, May 21. Dumaguete City remains as the province's COVID-19 epicenter with 184 active infections.
| via Raffy Cabristante, News Director
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Here's the NOMS statement in full:
"We call for an ECQ. We call for a lockdown. Call it whatever you like it.
We are doctors, we are not politicians or businessmen or even lawmakers. But these we know...
We know that there is this rapid rise in cases more than the hospitals can handle. We know that we are losing precious lives. We know that we have so many critically ill and not enough resources. We only know the value of saving a life.
PLEASE PEOPLE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL. DO SOMETHING. STOP PARTIES. STOP GATHERINGS. DONT SOCIALIZE. WEAR MASKS. GIVE US CURFEWS. GIVE US TIME TO RESET. PLEASE DO SOMETHING before healthcare collapses.
The end of healthcare will be the end of society.
HELP US HEALTH WORKERS."