After text messages surfaced claiming a foreigner exhibiting symptoms of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was admitted and quarantined at Bacolod City’s Riverside Medical Center, both the hospital and the Department of Health-Region VI (DOH-6) denied the claims.
DOH-6 Project Development Officer Ben Dela Cruz affirmed the foreign patient admitted to the Bacolod City hospital was a tourist who was experiencing dizziness and nausea, along with developing a fever, which he explained was due to vertigo.
According to the Mayo Clinic, vertigo is a “the sudden sensation that you’re spinning or that the inside of your head is spinning.” They note, symptoms include dizziness, loss of balance or unsteadiness, nausea, and vomiting.
Patients experiencing vertigo are suggested to seek medical attention if they have a severe headache, are encountering hearing loss, lose consciousness, develop a fever, among other situations.
The Riverside Medical Center also released a public advisory calling on the public to be wary of “fake news” regarding the presence of nCoV in their medical facility.
They also assured, in such a case, they are prepared to handle cases involving nCoV.
Additionally, City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office cluster head, Executive Assistant Joemarie Vargas, urged the public to stop spreading unconfirmed information about nCoV, saying, “It will cause unnecessary panic to the public.”/DGB, WDJ