Covid-19 admissions in private hospitals across the Philippines remained low and manageable according to a health expert. (Unsplash) Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) President Dr. Jose Rene de Grano, on Thursday, Nov. 24, said aside from hospitals in Western and Central...
If Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte would have his way, he would raise up to P5 million the proscribed fines for hospitals and clinics that violate the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law. Davao City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte (left) and his father, former president Rodrigo Duterte (Facebook)...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that an assistance fund to provide support for cancer patients is now available in 31 hospitals across the country. The Cancer Assistance Fund (CAF) “shall cover outpatient and inpatient services including but not limited to diagnostics, therapeutic...
Senior Deputy Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos has filed a bill that seeks to fulfill his father's wish of bringing specialty hospitals closer to the countryside so that they can serve more people in need. Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos (contributed...
Individuals who are exhibiting monkeypox symptoms such as rash or one or more acute skin lesions were told to seek immediate medical attention. Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPi) President Dr. Rene De Grano urged individuals presenting monkeypox symptoms to seek immediate...
Senator Sonny Angara, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, explained that the newly minted administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. wouldn’t be able to complete its plan to establish specialty hospitals in all regions of the country within its six year term. Read:...
This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. It was a thin section image from a human skin sample. On the left were mature,...
Senator Sonny Angara, chairman of Senate Committee on Finance, is confident that the Marcos administration can deliver its promise to build more specialty hospitals across the country. Amid economic challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, the government can still make it happen. According to...
Given the focus on the deadly and infectious Covid-19, people may have forgotten about dengue; how it could be equally fatal since the disease-carrying mosquitoes might just be right around someone's backyard. THE Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue. This was specifically pointed out by...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Friday, July 1 commended former president Rodrigo Duterte for signing 30 bills aimed at improving, developing and establishing public hospitals in different parts of the country before steppiing down last Thursday, June 30. Go, chair of the Senate Committee on...
Senator Christopher ‘’Bong’’ Go underscored the importance of strengthening the country’s healthcare system as he hailed the upgrade of local hospitals in Iloilo province. Go, chairman of the Senate Health and Demography Committee, stressed this after attending last Wednesday, June 22 the...
The deployment cap for healthcare workers must be set at 5,000 per year, the president of a group of private hospitals said on Thursday, June 16. (JANSEN ROMERO/MANILA BULLETIN) This is lower than the current 7,500 cap set by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in February....
