QC health workers trained on cough treatment
MANILA, Philippines: More than 300 Quezon City health workers (CHWs) and community volunteers underwent training on how to treat cough over the weekend.
The activity was made possible through the city government's partnership with pharmaceutical company Unilab Inc.
With the theme: «Huwag Palalain, Ubo ay Supilin,» the event was held at the Quezon Memorial Circle.
City Health Care Operation Officer Dr. Dave Anthony Vergara thanked Unilab Inc. for organizing the event.
Leevan Fong, Solmux Advance Brand Manager, said that since the Covid-19 pandemic, new types of cough outbreaks have emerged such as pertussis or whooping cough.
«As frontliners, you will benefit the most with new learnings on how to treat coughs and how to educate patients on which types of medicines to use for treatment,» Fong said.
Vergara and Fong said the event aimed to empower and equip the health workers and participants by providing them information on how to combat infectious diseases and treat cough symptoms.
Advertisement«Let's use this as an opportunity to learn more information. While you are serving the communities, you won't get sick and you will be able to teach others to treat cough symptoms and help the people who come to you,» Vergara said.
City Health Officer Ramona Asuncion advised the CHWs and village volunteers to follow health protocols while doing outreach programs.
«Wear face masks, wash hands, eat healthy, exercise, take maintenance medicine, and do regular checkups. Don't let coughs untreated for two weeks and don't self-medicate,» Asuncion said.
San Fernando, Pampanga City Medical Officer Justine Daniela Arceo, stressed the importance of taking the right type of medicine for different types of cough.
AdvertisementCoughing is the body's reflex to expel bacteria and foreign objects from the bodies. Dry cough should be treated by taking expectorant medicine and productive cough (with phlegm) should be treated by taking antitussives or mucolytic.
«Make it a habit to consult a doctor, especially when the cough symptoms are more than two weeks or when the symptoms have worsened and joined by other symptoms like fever,» Arceo said.
