The letter, dated March 23 and addressed to Mayor Lucilo Bayron, also expressed concern that the action of city officials may have endangered the safety of the hotel staff who had interacted with the patient identified as Patient No. 4.
Dr. Mary Ann Navarro, chief of the Provincial Health Office (PHO), said Monday morning to Palawan News in a phone interview that they initially thought of designating the Ospital ng Palawan (ONP) as the centralized laboratory, but its management said it cannot take the special task due to some limitations such as "space requirement".