page_title: Mega Ligtas COVID Centers
section_title: Philippine Sports Complex
hierarchical_section_title: Mega Ligtas COVID Centers / Facilities / Metro Manila / Philippine Sports Complex
caption_attribution_description: English: The converted PhilSports (ULTRA) Arena into a health facility for COVID-19 patients
context_page_description: Mega Ligtas COVID Centers, also known as Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities, are temporary non-hospital health facilities or emergency patient care centers established and managed by the Philippine government to accommodate COVID-19 patients at a provincial or regional level as part of its efforts to deal with the pandemic in the country. Some facilities are also serving as quarantine sites for Filipino repatriates from other countries.
  The establishment of such facilities are led by the Department of Public Works and Highways coordinating with the Bases Conversion and Development Authority and other private and government entities by refurbishing pre-existing structures or setting up makeshift tents. The first We Heal as One Center was the facility at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium, an indoor arena within the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila which was refurbished as a health facility on April 6 and admitted its first patient on April 14. At least seven other facilities became operational at a later date. The government is planning to open more facilities in Cebu.
context_section_description: The PhilSports Arena within the PhilSports Complex in Pasig was converted to a 132-bed quarantine facility by the Villar Group and the DPWH in April 2020. On May 15, the indoor arena-turned quarantine facility received its first COVID-19 patient.
caption: We Heal As One Center at the PhilSports Arena.
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