Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Sunday, August 4 raised the call for more doctors that would venture into mental, neurological and developmental health to address the growing number of cases in these fields. Hontiveros made the call during her keynote address at the...
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Chairman Richard Gordon urged scholars at the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Medicine to strive to be extraordinary citizens by becoming the nation’s best doctors. From left, UP College of Public Health Dean Dr. Fernando...
4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino Libanan (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Here's a way to help increase the number of doctors that the Philippines badly needs. House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan wants the...
President Marcos has signed new laws establishing college of medicine programs in five universities in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Malacañang announced on Thursday, Dec. 28, that Marcos signed five measures into law —Republic Act Nos. 11970, 11971,...
Through the collaboration of the University of the Philippines Medical Alumni Foundation Inc. (UPMAFI) and the Henry Sy Foundation Inc. (HSFI), the country’s premier higher learning institution recently opened the doors of the UP College of Medicine (UPCM) Henry Sy Sr Hall. Herbert Sy (first from...
The University of the Philippines Manila (UPM) and UP College of Medicine-Philippine General Hospital (PGH) raised concern for the safety of arrested UPM alumna Dr. Natividad "Naty" Castro. Dr. Naty Castro (Photo courtesy of Castro's family) In a statement, UP Manila expressed concern that Navaro,...
The Surgical Innovation and Biotechnology (SIBOL) program being implemented by the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila-Philippine General Hospital (PGH) has secured funding support from the Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Council for Health Research...
A Filipino medical student chronicles on Twitter a unique medical repatriation mission in the middle of the Covid-19 health crisis Like most Filipinos, Rafa Abaya was expecting he would not set foot onto a plane for months due to the health crisis. He would have been surprised if was able to get...
