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...
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,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health-Negros Island Region (DOH-NIR) recorded 69 fireworks-related injuries in Negros Island, 62 lower than last year 's 131 cases, as of 3 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 1. Forty-seven were blast or burn injuries without amputation, 13 eye injuries, eight eye injury...
The Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday, December 31, a five percent increase in cases of stroke, heart attack, and asthma nationwide by the end of 2025, based on its latest disease surveillance data. From December 21 to 4:59 a.m. on December 31, the DOH recorded a total of 288 cases...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health-Negros Island Region-Center for Health Development said 37 individuals were injured by firecrackers in the region as of Tuesday, Dec. 30. Negros Occidental logged the highest cases at 23, followed by Negros Oriental with 13, and this highly-urbanized city...
BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Health in Caraga (DOH-13) reported on Monday the first firecracker-related injury in the region since the start of the Yuletide season. In a statement, DOH-13 said the victim is a nine-year-old boy from Surigao City in Surigao del Norte province who sustained an...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Department of Health (DOH)-Bicol has recorded eight cases of firecracker-related injuries (FWRI) as of Sunday, Dec. 28. Camarines Sur has six cases and Albay and Catanduanes has one case each. Most of the injured were males, with ages ranging from seven- to 50-years-old....
DAGUPAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-Ilocos region recorded 20 fireworks-related injuries (FWRI) from Dec. 21 to 26. The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Data said 40 percent of injuries were caused by unlabeled and imported firecrackers and five percent were due to Five Star....
Firework-related injuries nationwide have climbed to 57 cases, including two children who lost fingers in separate firecracker explosions, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Saturday, Dec. 27. DOH Health Promotion Bureau (HPB) Director Tina Marasigan said an eight-year-old child lost his...
A total of 263 road crash injuries were recorded nationwide from Dec. 21 to 5 a.m. of Dec. 26, the Department of Health (DOH) disclosed. According to agency, the data were gathered from 10 sentinel hospitals nationwide tasked with monitoring road crash–related injuries. Based on the DOH’s...
A total of 28 fireworks-related injuries were tallied by the Department of Health (DOH) nationwide from Dec. 21 to Dec. 25. The agency noted that this represents a 50 percent decline from last year’s figure, which recorded 56 cases during the same period. The DOH said the data were collected...
