BACOLOD CITY, Dec. 15 -- The Negros Occidental provincial government is enhancing its delivery of healthcare services with the opening of the Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (CEMREID) at the Teresita L. Jalandoni Provincial Hospital (TLJPH) in Silay City.

With support from the Department of Health and the World Bank, the PHP100-million medical facility is the province's response to the infrastructural gaps exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

After the blessing and inauguration led by Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson on Dec. 13, the CEMREID will soon become operational, boosting the province's health capability.

"This key development strengthens our province's capability to respond to health threats and safeguard the well-...