Department of Health (DOH) officials and Mayor Gilbert "Bebong" Gatchalian led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the first trauma hospital in Barangay Bulihan, City of Malolos, Bulacan, on Friday, March 18. Mayor Gilbert "Bebong" Gatchalian, Dr. June M Baquiran , Erick Fernandez,...
The University of the Philippines (UP) announced that it is expanding the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) as it builds the UP Philippine General Hospital (UP PGH) Cancer Center and the UP PGH Diliman. (Photo from UP) According to UP, the proposals for the two major infrastructure projects were...
More benefits await both doctors and patients through this partnership In 1945, KARL STORZ started producing ENT (ear, throat, nose) instruments, headlamps, and binocular loupes under his company. This led him to expand his medical vision into exploring equipment that can assist doctors in checking...
UNITED NATIONS, United States – The United Nations' reproductive health agency announced Thursday that two other Ukrainian maternity hospitals had been attacked and destroyed before Russia's strike on a facility in the southeastern city of Mariupol on Wednesday. The hospital in Mariupol is...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, March 3 called on the government anew to improve the healthcare services for Filipino migrant workers, many of whom are exposed to working conditions that put them at higher risk for certain medical issues. Go, chairman of the Senate health committee,...
The world doesn't stop, even when there's an ongoing war. Babies are still born every day. Dr. Denis Surkov of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Children's Clinical Hospital With the bombings over the weekend, in Dninpro city, Ukraine, a children's hospital was under siege and the doctors rushed these babies...
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,...
DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) An official of the Department of Health (DOH) believes that the One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) should remain operational even after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said that the OHCC has...
(PIXABAY) The country's COVID-19 referral system has been receiving fewer calls recently amid the decreasing number of coronavirus infections nationwide. One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) Medical Officer Dr. Marylaine Padlan said they were receiving at least 200 to 300 calls every day. This was in...
NCH WCPU Facebook Page As the COVID-19 vaccination of minors aged five to 11 years old begins on Friday, Feb. 4, National Children’s Hospital (NCH) chief Dr. Moriel DJ. Creencia has allayed the fears of parents whose children are about to get inoculated against the dreaded disease. She reminded...
The Navotas City Hospital has resumed more services after health workers recovered from coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the city government announced on Wednesday, Jan.19. The following services will be available in the hospital: - Admission for non-COVID-19 cases will be open according to its...
The Tala Hospital in Caloocan City is seeing a "slight" decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) admission, an official of the hospital said Wednesday, Jan. 19. "Medyo maluwag na ho kami ngayon, two weeks ago medyo mataas ho yung aming admission rate per day, nasa 25 to 30 admissions. Sa ngayon,...
