Vice President Sara Duterte disclosed that former President Rodrigo Duterte developed bed sores while under detention at the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying the condition remains a concern because of his age and diabetes. In an interview conducted on July 30 and released by the Office of...
Senate President Pro Tempore Vicente Sotto III threw his support behind 13 measures pending in the Senate that aim to expand access to healthcare through the establishment of new provincial hospitals and the upgrading or renationalization of existing ones. During the hearing of the Senate...
Who remembers Geocities? That free web hosting service? I remember the countless websites made through it in the 2000s. I was young then, just a few years into college, looking at a Geocities-made website with a map—one that honestly looked more like a treasure map—to a place in Malate called...
Marikina City 's mayor-elect Maan Teodoro on Friday, May 16, lauded the passing of Republic Act No. 12204 which she authored that increases the bed capacity at Amang Rodriguez Memorial Medical Center (ARMMC). Aside from R.A. 12204, President Marcos had also signed five other laws establishing...
A House lawmaker says the Department of Health (DOH) should have the authority to set and approve the bed capacity increases of all its supervised hospitals across the country in a bid to deliver better quality healthcare to Filipinos. Currently, it is Congress that has the authority to decide...
President Marcos has signed into law measures that increase the capabilities of hospitals in different parts of the country to cater to the needs of the people. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos signed on Oct. 26 Republic Act (RA) No. 12040 which upgraded the...
As it prepares for an anticipated increase in leptospirosis cases in the coming weeks, the Department of Health (DOH) assured on Monday, Aug. 12, that a surge response plan is already in place and that there is no current shortage of hospital beds. (ARNOLD QUIZOL / MANILA BULLETIN) “Hindi...
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Make room for good writing even when the times make bad sentences seem good enough “I am a complexly horizontal author,” says Truman Capote. “I can’t think unless I’m lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch and with a cigarette and coffee handy.” It’s never...
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...
"Are you stressed?" Perhaps that's the question we hear from within ourselves and even from others especially if they see it manifesting from us physically, emotionally, and mentally. According to a recent report from a Gallup survey, Filipinos are the most stressed workers in Southeast Asia. While...
And this is why we deserve better rest with bamboo sheets A survey conducted by Sleep Cycle, a sleep tracking application, shows that Filipino adults get only about six hours and 30 minutes of sleep a day, way below the recommended seven to nine hours of rest daily. In fact, Filipinos rank fourth...
