The Philippine health system has been at a breaking point even before Covid-19, but the pandemic exposed and magnified the gaps in the fragmented system. Leadership is crucial in effecting reforms in the health system, with various issues such as corruption, inclusion, brain drain, and others...
Visayas Community Medical Center (VCMC) in Cebu. Cebu-based healthcare company grows its presence in key cities in VisMin AppleOne Medical Group (AMG), the healthcare arm of Cebu-based property developer AppleOne Properties, Inc. (API), is forging ahead in elevating healthcare standards in the...
Healthcare benefits and claims rose by 25 percent from October to December last year amid the prolonged pandemic, the Insurance Commission reported on Friday, March 25. In a statement, Insurance Commissioner Dennis B. Funa said health maintenance organizations (HMOs) paid P32.72 billion in benefits...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) said that hospital admissions due to Covid-19 in the country continue to drop as the number of cases remains low. "Nananatili po tayo na nasa low risk sa ating total bed utilization na nasa (We remain at low risk with our total bed utilization at) 17 percent,"...
The Senate continues to deliberate on several bills designed to improve the delivery of public healthcare services, especially in areas where the local communities are constrained by capacity and funds. Senator Christopher ‘’Bong’’ Go, chairman of the Senate Health and Demography Committee,...
Former vice president and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay emphasized on Friday, March 18, the importance of bringing preventive health care closer to the people, especially in the provinces. Binay made the statement following a Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) report about the leading causes...
Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto said on Tuesday, March 15, that he aims to fully implement a universal healthcare system in the city if he is re-elected for the mayoral position in the May 2022 elections. “In the next two to three years, our goal is to really fully implement universal healthcare just...
Reiterating that a country’s strength is in its healthcare system, a health reform advocate said that the Philippine healthcare agenda should be prioritized in the next administration. Health reform advocate and former National Task Force (NTF) against Covid-19 special adviser Dr. Anthony...
A local study held in 2020 showed that the Covid-19 pandemic had a psychological impact on the majority of Filipino healthcare workers. At least 70.74 percent of healthcare workers in the Philippines have had anxiety symptoms, while 50.97 percent had depressive symptoms because of Covid-19, said...
A Lacson presidency will ‘gradually but surely’ adjust salary rates of nurses and teachers in state-run hospitals and educational institutions. Given the chance to lead the government, Partido Reporma standard-bearer Senator Panfilo ‘’Ping’’ M. Lacson said he would recalibrate the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has pledged to continue initiating and supporting measures that seek to improve access to quality healthcare especially in far-flung areas around the country. Go made the assurance during the launch of the 150th Malasakit Center at the Batanes General Hospital in...
The number of daily coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections may increase once the country reopens the economy but it is not expected to overwhelm the healthcare capacity, especially in Metro Manila, an OCTA Research fellow said on Thursday, Feb. 24. “There is a concern that the daily COVID-19...
