ILOILO CITY – More than 100,000 newborns and children below five years of age across Western Visayas region have been immunized against measles and polio in the first week of the massive nationwide immunization campaign. DOH-6 Director Adriano Suba-an (left) assists in administering the oral polio...
Compared with the old facility, the new Emergency Room (ER) of De Los Santos Medical Center (DLSMC) now has a brighter ambience. It is more spacious, and has a layout that provides better process efficiency and ease from traffic. Located at the Upper Ground Floor of its Main Hospital Building, it...
The Makati City local government, in partnership with KonsultaMD and Globe Group, launched on Friday, May 5, its 24/7 free online consults program for city hall employees which allows them to receive medical help and services online and in the comfort of their own home. Makati City Mayor Abby Binay...
The Pasig City government and MindNation renewed their mental health program for the city’s government frontliners amid the lingering impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Their initial partnership began in December 2020 in response to the psycho-social effects of isolation from family and friends,...
INFANTA, Quezon – Quezon Rep. Mark Enverga inaugurated the newly-built P35-million municipal health center here on Wednesday, May 3. QUEZON Rep. Mark Enverga leads the inauguration of the new municipal health center with Municipal Health Officer Dr. Jose Abelardo on Wednesday, May 3, in...
The Department of Health (DOH) expressed its support to the proposed bill that aims to mandate new doctors to work in the country for one year before they could seek employment abroad. The proposed measure, House Bill No. 6232 or the Mandatory Medical Service Bill, seeks to address the shortage of...
Some 100 vaccination teams were fielded by the City Health Office for the Measles, Rubella, and Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-OPV SIA) in Zamboanga City from May 1 to 31. A HEALTH worker administers the measles-rubella vaccine to a toddler during an immunization activity...
The positivity rate is not the only factor that should be looked at in order to evaluate the Covid-19 situation in the country as there are other indicators affecting the trend of infections, the Department of Health (DOH) reminded the public. To note, the positivity rate is the percentage of...
Vice President Sara Duterte said on Thursday, May 4, that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic was an eye-opener for the country’s public health system. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks at the opening ceremony of the 49th Midyear Convention of the Philippine College of Surgeons held at SMX...
The Department of Health (DOH) said the public must learn to assess their own Covid-19 risk and make choices on how to better protect themselves against this viral disease. The DOH said that the public needs to increase their risk tolerance against Covid-19. “We need to increase our tolerance sa...
The Department of Health (DOH) asked hospitals to prepare more beds for the possible increase in the number of Covid-19 patients as the country is experiencing a rise in new infections again. Hospitals were already advised by the Department of Health (DOH) to expand their bed capacity, said DOH...
Senator Ramon ‘’Bong’’ Revilla Jr. said on Thursday , May 4, that the government should focus on crafting policies that would make health workers choose to stay and work in the country instead of restricting them from leaving. There are talks on the one-year mandatory medical service...
