Senator Sonny Angara has urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to fast track the reimbursment claims of private hospitals, saying the country could not afford to have its healthcare system plunging into another crisis. Angara made the call after some private hospitals in Metro...
The Manila city government now offers free chest X-ray for residents and non-residents following the implementation of the country's first bidirectional screening and testing for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and Tuberculosis (TB). (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The city government is already...
BATANG MAYNILA Manila Mayor Isko Moreno As usual, it has been a very busy week for us in the city of Manila with three major activities highlighting it, among others. First off, I and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna personally led the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the President Corazon Aquino...
The One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) said Friday, Oct. 22, that it continues to observe a decline in the number of requests for medical facilities recently, amid the decline of infections in Metro Manila. One Hospital Command Center Dr. Marylaine Padlan, a medical officer from the OHCC, said the...
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is seeing a decline in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) admission as virus cases in Metro Manila decrease, its spokesperson said Tuesday, Oct. 19. Philippine General Hospital (Wikimedia Commons / MB file photo) In an interview with ANC, PGH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas...
A new three-storey hospital building to be named after the late former President Corazon Aquino will soon rise in Baseco Compound at Manila’s Port Area. Manila Mayor Francisco 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso and Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna-Pangan lead the groundbreaking ceremony for the President Corazon C....
Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano donated hospital equipment to the Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH) for better services. Rubiano said with the help of her brother, Congressman Antonino Calixto, additional hospital equipment was donated to the PCGH, the city’s lone public hospital, on Thursday...
Health workers from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) said the P1.2-billion 2022 budget cut for the hospital is "unacceptable." (Photo from All UP Workers Union-Manila) All UP Workers Union-Manila President Karen Mae Faurillo lamented that the government should have provided a P10 billion...
An official of the One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) said Friday, Oct. 15, that the pilot implementation of the alert system in the National Capital Region (NCR) helped control the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the region. Shoppers flock to bargain stores along Ilaya Street in...
Some senators have urged the Department of Health (DOH) to include hospital janitors and other frontline health workers to be included in the distribution of Special Risk Allowance (SRA) benefits. Senator Panfilo Lacson said it is imperative that the DOH also consider the plight of other workers in...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Wednesday, October 12, called on the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to pay the claims of private hospitals for its services in General Santos City. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Trillanes, who is seeking a...
NAIC, Cavite - Personnel of Naic Doctors Hospital (NDH) were pranked by an unknown culprit who almost had P16,000 worth of food delivered to the medical facility. Naic Doctors Hospital Inc. / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN On Saturday (October 9), the hospital posted an announcement asking nearby...
