Ilocos Norte Vice Governor Cecilia Araneta- Marcos, DOH Undersecretary Elmer G. Punzalan and Regional Director Paula Paz M. Sydiongco jointly cut the ceremonial ribbon for the formal opening of five negative pressure rooms for patients with infectious diseases at the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center in Batac City, Ilocos Norte. The facility project was funded by the World Bank. (Glen S. Ramos/DOH)