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....
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...