108-bed health facility in Alabang
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started the construction of another health facility in southern Metro Manila that will augment government’s efforts against COVID-19 pandemic.
The Filinvest Tent in Alabang, Muntinlupa City, will be redesigned and transformed into 108-bed makeshift hospital. The 2,000 square meter events place was targeted to be completed by May 7 or earlier .
Filinvest Development Corp. will sponsor all construction materials for the repurposing of Filinvest Tent into a quarantine facility while the Yuchengco-led construction firm EEI Corp. will provide manpower.
The place was chosen for its accessibility to major thoroughfares in the south with its major entry and exit points only few minutes travel from Makati through South Luzon Expressway/Skyway.
EEI Corp. has worked with DPWH Task Force to facilitate augmentation of local/national health facilities together with NCR Team, and the Villar Group of Companies in building the ‘We Heal As One Center’ at PICC Forum Halls in just seven days.
Meanwhile, DPWH has turned over the newly-completed ‘We Heal as One’ Center’ at the Philippine Arena Complex in Bocaue, Bulacan to the Inter-Agency Task Force for Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF-EID) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) after a thorough checked on the 300-capacity mega community quarantine facility was made.
