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...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, December 24, reported that two individuals died from acute complications of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) monitored across 10 pilot surveillance sites. In its latest surveillance data covering December 21 to 4:59 a.m. on December 24, the DOH said one...
All hospitals nationwide have been placed under Code White until Jan. 6, 2025, as the Department of Health (DOH) braces for a possible increase in medical emergencies during the Christmas and New Year holidays. The directive was announced by DOH Secretary Ted Herbosa on Monday, Dec. 22, following...
As the Department of Health (DOH) ramps up nationwide hospital readiness for the Christmas and New Year holidays, DOH Secretary Ted Herbosa reminded the public to avoid excessive consumption of salty and fatty foods during the Yuletide season. The DOH chief gave the reminder during an inspection...
Several hospitals across Metro Manila were honored by the Department of Health–Metro Manila Center for Health Development (DOH-MMCHD) for exemplary green, safe, and disaster-ready practices during the agency’s 2025 Green and Safe Health Facilities Recognition ceremony. According to the agency,...
Senator Raffy Tulfo reminded Department of Health Secretary Ted Harbosa to fulfill his commitment to remove Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director-General Paolo Teston from his post. This was once Tulfo successfully facilitated the takedown of several products flagged by the FDA under its...
Malacañang has defended the increase in the budget of the Medical Assistance For Indigents and Financially Incapacitated Patients (MAIFIP), saying that it intends to expand the coverage of zero-balance billing policy to non-Department of Health (DOH) hospitals. Palace Press Officer and...
