The majority of the member hospitals of the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPi) did not receive yet the One Covid-19 Allowance (OCA) for their healthcare workers and support staff. Dr. Jose Rene de Grano (Screenshot taken from Laging Handa’s Facebook Live) This was...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, June 9 called for greater vigilance against dengue as areas in the Visayas and Mindanao record a sharp rise in the number of cases. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, at the same time, urged those who are in need of medical...
AN architectural perspective of the proposed Iloilo City Hospital. (Iloilo City government) ILOILO CITY – The Senate has approved on third and final reading a bill creating the Iloilo City Hospital. “Our dream of enhancing the health programs and services for the Ilonggos is a step closer to...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading 30 bills aimed at improving, developing, and establishing public hospitals in different parts of the country. Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, and sponsor of the bills, thanked his...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law 11 bills seeking to establish and improve Department of Health (DOH)-run hospitals. Go, who chairs the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, said these new laws would inevitably help improve the...
The management of a hospital in the National Capital Region (NCR) that administered second Covid-19 boosters to non-immunocompromised individuals said it has “unintentionally misinterpreted” the guidelines given by the Department of Health (DOH). (Ali Vicoy / Manila Bulletin File Photo) On...
The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded 1,465 Covid-19 cases from April 18 to 24, having an average daily rate of 209 cases. DOH/MB "Sa mga bagong kaso, wala sa mga ito ang may malubha at kritikal na karamdaman (In the new cases, none of them have a severe and critical illness)," it noted. The...
Senate Committee on Health and Demography chair Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday lauded President Duterte for signing into law four local hospital bills which all seek to improve the delivery of healthcare services in various parts of the country. These include measures which will...
A total of 707 Covid-19 patients with severe and critical conditions were hospitalized last Sunday, April 10, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH data showed that 543 patients are currently occupying intensive care unit (ICU) beds for patients with Covid-19. (FILE PHOTO) According to the...
President Duterte led the inauguration of the Cancer Diagnostic Institute Building and Cancer Treatment Facility Building of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC), which will serve cancer patients not only in Davao City but also in its nearby provinces. Photo of the newly constructed...
Establishing and upgrading hospitals should not be treated as a burden but rather as an investment in health, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said. Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, stressed this when he presided over a virtual hearing on several bills seeking to...
Reelectionist Senator Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri on Monday called for the establishment of specialty hospitals across the country in a bid to deliver quality health care to "every corner of the country." Zubiri said he is "very much committed to decentralizing our health care system" because he...
