Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez wants to restore the budget cuts made to the University of the Philippines (UP) System and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH). Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Under the proposed 2023 National Expenditure Program...
A hospital facility for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and a sovereign fund to help them manage their finances better might be in the works if all goes well in the scheduled meeting between Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo and Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Susan “Toots” Ople....
MARAWI CITY – The Amai Pakpak Medical Center (APMC) and Eye Bank Foundation of the Philippines signed a memorandum of agreement for the establishment of a cornea retrieval center Wednesday, Aug. 17. HOSPITAL and Eye Bank officials at the signing of the agreement. (Bonita L. Ermac) The center at...
The Pasay City government conducted free developmental screening for children at the Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH) outpatient department on Friday (August 19). Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said the screening is being done to determine the development of a child. She said parents must be aware of...
TABUK CITY – The city government and the Kalinga provincial government have joined hands to finish the construction of the Gabriella Mejia Kim Medical Center (GMKMC) in Barangay Agbannawag here. TABUK City and Kalinga officials unite to finish a hospital in Barangay Agbannawag. (Tabuk City...
FACE MASK (Unsplash) The Department of Health (DOH) said that Metro Manila and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) are now under the moderate-risk classification for Covid-19 transmission. DOH Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that all areas in the Philippines are still...
THE Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue. Hospitals have sufficient bed capacity to manage dengue patients amid the rising number of cases in the country, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. "Sa ngayon, wala kaming nakukuhang report na ang ating mga kama sa hospital ay...
The Pasig City General Hospital (PCGH) is now a certified mother-baby friendly facility, the local government announced on Monday, Aug. 1, after the hospital received its accreditation from the Department of Health (DOH). Photo courtesy of Dodot Jaworski Facebook Page The certificate of...
The Department of National Defense (DND) inaugurated a newly constructed cardiovascular operation unit (CVOU) at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) in Quezon City on Thursday, July 28. (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) DND Undersecretary-designate Franco Nemesio Gacal led...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) expressed its support for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s plan to strengthen the country’s healthcare system by building specialty hospitals across the Philippines as well as “prioritizing the welfare” of medical frontliners. (CHED)...
The Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH) is no longer accepting patients after all its medical and surgery clean wards, medical and pedia transition wards and emergency room beds have reached full capacity. The hospital also informed the public that the hospital waiting list for emergency room (ER)...
Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid on Thursday renewed his push for the passage of the bill seeking to enhance the patients’ right to medical expense transparency saying it is one of his top priority measures in the 19 th Congress. Senator Manuel “Lito” Lapid (Senator Lito Lapid / Facebook /...
