The Pasay City General Hospital announced Saturday that it is already accepting severe cases at their OB-Gyne section. Dr. John Victor de Gracia, officer-in-charge, said the hospital is referring all non-complicated OB cases to Dona Martha Lying-in clinic located in Don Carlos Village, Pasay City....
DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The number of patients calling the government's One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) continues to increase as it is now receiving at least 500 calls daily, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. Last July, the OHCC was only...
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is seeking volunteer health workers to augment its manpower, its spokesperson said Thursday, Aug. 26. (PGH FACEBOOK PAGE / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview with CNN Philippines, Dr. Jonas del Rosario bared challenges with their "finite manpower," noting the...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) could use the help of an independent agency to review hospital claims if it cannot do the job, Senator Richard Gordon has proposed. Senator Richard Gordon (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Gordon floated the idea following statements from...
Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso has recovered from COVID-19 and was discharged from the Sta. Ana Hospital on Wednesday (Aug. 25) where he was confined for nine days. Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso was discharged from the Sta Ana Hospital on Wednesday, August 25, where...
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) on Tuesday, Aug. 24, announced that it will temporarily stop accepting patients in its emergency room amid "record-high" coronavirus disease (COVID-19) admissions. Philippine General Hospital (Photo from University of the Philippines) As of Tuesday, the largest...
Why we’ll continue to work in Afghanistan By Christopher Stokes and Jonathan Whittall HEALTH WORKER HEROES Frontliners from Médecins Sans Frontières, with their principle of neutrality, tend to all patients from regular Afghan civilians to US soldiers and Taliban forces As US forces withdraw...
Senator Grace Poe on Monday, August 23, appealed to the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to reconsider its circular suspending its payments over reports of fraudulent claims. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) "PhilHealth must not resort to a sweeping mechanism that...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to provide hospitals some leeway and postpone the implementation of its Circular No. 2021-0013 which hospital and health provider groups believe conveyed the state insurance agency’s...
Pasay City’s lone pubic hospital, the Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH), can no longer accept patients afflicted with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after it reached its full capacity. Based on the memorandum order of Dr. John Victor De Gracia, PCGH officer-in-charge, the hospital’s...
Pasay City’s lone public hospital — Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH) — temporarily shut down its obstetrics and gynecology division for nine days after medical officers contracted COVID-19. Dr. John Victor de Gracia, PCGH officer-in-charge, issued a memorandum order on the temporary closure...
The Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Muntinlupa has reached full bed capacity amid the surge in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the National Capital Region (NCR), its medical chief said Tuesday, Aug. 17. Asian Hospital and Medical Center "The occupancy of our COVID-19...
