The Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (DRRMO) recorded 1,051 devotees hurt or given immediate medical care as the Traslacion procession goes on Friday, Jan. 9. In its 4:19 tally, the DRRMO responded to 21 major cases, 648 minor cases, 517 cases attended to by Philippine Red Cross...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Cagayan Provincial Health Office (PHO) reported a decline in firecracker-related injuries in the province during the recent holiday season. PHO records showed that 49 firecracker-related injury cases were documented from Dec. 21 to Jan. 6, lower than the 60 cases...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health-Negros Island Region (DOH-NIR) recorded a total of 155 firecracker injuries and 600 road crashes during the holiday season from Dec. 21 to Jan. 6. Negros Occidental had the most cases with 118, Negros Oriental with 30, Bacolod City with six, and Siquijor...
Fireworks-related injuries nationwide climbed to 720 cases during the recent holiday season, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Monday, Jan. 5. The agency said the cases were recorded from Dec. 21 to Jan. 5, based on reports from 62 sentinel hospitals. Data showed that 52 percent of those...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Jan. 5, called for stricter enforcement of traffic laws following a sharp rise in road crash injuries recorded during the recent holiday season. “Panawagan ng DOH ang mas mahigpit na implementasyon ng mga batas trapiko dahil sa mataas na kaso ng road...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-6 noted a 62.3 percent decrease in firecracker-related injuries in Western Visayas region. Data released by the DOH-6 said 26 injuries were recorded from Dec. 21 and Jan. 5, compared to 42 in the same period last year. Children and the elderly were...
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Health-Cordillera recorded 35 fireworks-related injuries in the region as of 6 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 2. Kalinga has 15, followed by Apayao with 10, Abra and Baguio City with four each, and Benguet two. Thirty-three were males and two were females. No case was...
Fireworks-related injuries across the country have reached 655 cases, with youth aged 19 years old and below accounting for more than half of the victims, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday, Jan. 3. DOH Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) Director Tina Marasigan said 351 of the cases...
CEBU CITY – Fewer fireworks-related injuries were recorded during the holiday season in Central Visayas. What made hospitals across the region busy was road crash injuries. In its monitoring period from Dec. 21 to 6 a.m. on Jan. 1, the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) logged 347...
Fireworks-related injuries nationwide may surge beyond 500 cases as the Department of Health (DOH) warned that more than 300 additional cases could still be added to the official tally amid delayed reporting. DOH spokesperson Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo said initial assessments showed a...
A man in Baliuag City was hit by a stray bullet while a village watchman in Marilao was injured by a firecracker during the New Year 's Eve revelry in the province of Bulacan on Thursday, Jan. 1. Lt. Col. Jayson San Pedro, Baliuag City police chief, reported that the victim of the stray...
An 82-percent surge in road crash injuries was recorded over the holidays as the Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,113 cases nationwide, largely driven by motorcycle-related incidents. Covering Dec. 21 to 5 a.m. of Jan. 2, the tally is 82 percent higher compared with the same period last year,...
