The OFW Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga caters to migrant workers and their families. (Photo: DMW) The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) is planning significant improvements to the OFW Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga as an increasing number of migrant workers and their families make use of...
More than 86,000 Filipino migrant workers and their dependents have been served at the OFW Hospital in San Fernando City, Pampanga in 2024. Ralph Julius Mendoza, chief of the OFW Hospital Medical Center, said those provided with urgent medical care include 41,282 outpatients, and 523 inpatients....
President Marcos has stressed the need for more aggressive action against cancer—the second leading cause of death now in the Philippines. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the groundbreaking ceremony of the cancer care center of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital in San Fernando...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Local medical specialists like cardiologists, pulmonologists, neurologists, and even foreign experts should be tapped for the proposed Overseas Filipino Workers Hospital (OFWH) in San Fernando, Pampanga. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep....
The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital in San Fernando City, Pampanga is like a ghost town, according to Sen. Raffy Tulfo. The Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital in San Fernando City, Pampanga Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Migrant Workers, made the observation after...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo (Speaker’s office, Facebook) Ranking members of the House of Representatives hailed the third reading passage of the proposed Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital Act during plenary session Monday afternoon, May 29....
153rd Malasakit Center launch at OFW Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga on Nov. 24, 2022. (DOH Facebook page) The 153rd Malasakit Center in the country was launched on Thursday, Nov. 24, at the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital in San Fernando, Pampanga. Key government officials were present...
President Duterte bared that he might come up with a decision by Monday, May 2, on whether or not the operations of online sabong will be allowed in the country. President Duterte (Screengrab from RTVM livestream) "It's up for my signature," Duterte said during a site inspection of the Overseas...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) are now preparing for the opening of the country’s first hospital for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). In a Facebook post on April 1, DOLE announced that it has recently met with PGH doctors and Overseas...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, March 3 called on the government anew to improve the healthcare services for Filipino migrant workers, many of whom are exposed to working conditions that put them at higher risk for certain medical issues. Go, chairman of the Senate health committee,...
Three House of Representatives committees have recommended the passage of a bill that would establish a hospital that will exclusively cater to the medical care and needs of overseas Filipino workers and their dependents. Repatriated overseas Filipino workers House Bill 10629 or the proposed OFW...
President Duterte has signed a directive paving the way for the establishment of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital. President Rodrigo Duterte (right) signs a document as Senator Bong Go watches him (Photo from PCOO Facebook) Executive Order (EO) No.154 was signed on Tuesday, Dec. 7,...
