President Marcos has declared that patients admitted in Department of Health (DOH) hospitals will no longer have to pay for their bills. "Ito po – itinuloy na po natin ang zero balance billing. Libre po (Here it is – we have continued the zero balance billing. It’s free)," Marcos...
Senator Erwin Tulfo has filed a bill that seeks to increase the compensation given to victims of wrongful detention and imprisonment from P1,000 to P10,000 through the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Board of Claims. The proposed measure also increases the maximum amount of compensation that the...
Senator Erwin Tulfo on Sunday, July 13 urged the Department of Health (DOH) to explain why guarantee letters (GLs) given to indigent patients are being denied by some hospitals, both public and private. According to Tulfo, some patients seeking assistance from his office alleged that they were...
BACOLOD CITY – The Department of Health-Negros Island Region-Center for Health Development (DOH-NIR-CHD) inaugurated on Tuesday, July 8, the first DOH wellness clinic in the Visayas in a popular mall here. Dr. Mary Ann Palermo-Maestral, Undersecretary of Health for the UHC Health Services...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, July 8, announced that it is scaling up the Healthy Learning Institutions (HLI) program to transform public schools into health-promoting campuses nationwide. From remote mountain barangays to crowded urban classrooms, over 1,500 public schools have...
The Department of Health (DOH) should explain to Congress why it is having a hard time settling the claims of private hospitals on guarantee letters (GLs) given to indigent patients, Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said. Go made the call as he appealed to the DOH to immediately reimburse and...
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Health (DOH) are closely monitoring students from two schools in Antique who reportedly suffered respiratory problems and other symptoms following suspected chemical exposure from a nearby farm. This has prompted health and education...
More Filipino patients, especially those needing urgent and specialized care, will soon benefit from a new 16-story Pediatric and Adult Specialty Center being built at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) in Manila. “This new Specialty Center reflects our unwavering commitment to strengthen...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday, June 25, expressed full support for the Governance Commission for GOCCs’ (GCG) approval of the long-anticipated reorganization of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). In a statement, DOH Secretary Teodoro J. Herbosa said the move...
As the school year opens and the rainy season sets in, the Department of Health (DOH) has intensified its dengue prevention drive in public schools nationwide, urging the sustained enforcement of the “Alas Kwatro Kontra Mosquito” campaign. Reintroduced in campuses, the campaign calls for the...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Health officials confirmed Northern Mindanao 's first mpox (monkeypox) case Friday, involving an adult male patient from Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental. In a health bulletin, the DOH-Region 10 Epidemiology Unit reported the patient is receiving care at Mayor Hilarion...
As public schools welcomed a new school year this week, Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara on Wednesday, June 18, addressed the agency’s urgent priorities, tackling critical issues such as classroom shortages, teacher hiring, learning recovery, and student health—in...
