The Makati Medical Center (MMC) on Wednesday denounced Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III's breach of the infection and containment protocols of the hospital against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

In a statement posted on social media, MMC Medical Director Dr. Saturnino Javier confirmed reports that Pimentel, whose result for COVID-19 testing turned out to be positive, brought his pregnant wife Kathryna to the hospital on Tuesday evening for delivery via caesarean section.

He said that by being in MMC and entering the delivery room, Pimentel violated his Home Quarantine Protocol and unduly exposed the staff at the hospital to possible infection.

SOURCE: Casilao, J. L., & GMA News. (2020, March 25). Makati Med frontliners 'demoralized, apprehensive' after exposure to COVID-19-positive Koko Pimentel. Retrieved March 26, 2020, from https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/731295/makati-med-frontliners-demoralized-apprehensive-after-exposure-to-covid-19-positive-koko-pimentel/story/