After Typhoon Odette battered Visayas and Mindanao, the St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) launched on Wednesday, Dec. 22, a relief operation to aid Filipinos affected by the typhoon. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) In a memo obtained by the Manila Bulletin, SLMC President and Chief Executive...
ST LUKE'S STATEMENT (Facebook) The St. Luke's Medical Center responded on Thursday, Nov. 25, to the queries it received regarding the drug tests being conducted in their institution. The hospital posted a statement on its official Facebook page after it received “public and media queries on...
Two private hospitals in Taguig will be vaccinating minors aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities. According to the city government’s TRACE Taguig, the vaccination of minors with comorbidities, classified by the Department of Health (DOH) under Pediatric A3 priority group, will be done by St. Luke’s...
The Taguig City government has issued the guidelines on the vaccination of minors aged 12 to 17 years old with comorbidities. The national government started last week the vaccination of the city’s pediatric population of 12 to 17-year-olds in the country. St. Luke's Medical Center-Global City in...
The St. Luke's Medical Center Employees Association (SLMCEA) on Thursday, Oct. 21, sounded the alarm over mass resignation of health workers amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines, SLMCEA President Jao Clumia said the delay in...
The St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) is facing a manpower shortage as over a hundred of their health workers are under quarantine after being exposed to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an official of the hospital said Thursday, Sept. 23. St. Luke’s Medical Center (Photo from Wikimedia) In an...
To say that medicine as a science and as a profession is essential in a time of pandemic is a huge understatement. It arms us against possible illnesses that could be worsened by COVID-19. It calms our nerves and makes us feel safe and our loved ones protected. That’s why it is just right to...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) wards and critical care units of St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) have hit full capacity. St. Luke's Medical Center (Wikimedia) In a statement on Monday, Sept. 6, SLMC urged people experiencing COVID-19 symptoms to look for other healthcare facilities as its...
St. Luke’s Medical Center (Photo from SLMC) The St. Luke’s Medical Center (SLMC) clarified on Friday, Aug. 27, that the number of resignations among its healthcare workers “is not at alarming levels.” The SLMC issued the clarification after one of its official said in an interview that the...
The temporary closure of the St. Luke's Medical Center's (SLMC) coronavirus disease (COVID-19) wards is mainly due to the lack of manpower in the facility, its official said Thursday, Aug. 26. MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO "It's mainly on manpower. The rooms, 'yan pwedeng i-extend, pero 'yung...
The St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) has assured that its health workers are "properly compensated" for the important work that they are doing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. St. Luke's Medical Center (Photo from Wikimedia) In a statement, SLMC said the hospital continued giving...
Not many know it but the veteran actor had an operation recently. Eddie Gutierrez's unica hija, actress Ruffa Gutierrez, made it public via social media, relating how it was a success, going on to add that his father has been cleared of prostate cancer. Posting a photo of them together, she wrote,...