Senator Nancy Binay on Monday, June 21 urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to put in place mechanisms that would protect the country’s health care workers (HCWs) from acquiring the Delta variant of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease to abate a collapse of...
(MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) The Department of Health (DOH) said that healthcare workers will receive some of their benefits in cash after their allowance for meals, accommodation, and transportation were "repurposed." DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that last December, they were...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has agreed to raise the annual deployment cap on Filipino healthcare workers (HCWs) from 5,000 to 6,500. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) This was bared by Department of...
The government's pandemic task force has increased the annual deployment ceiling for newly hired healthcare workers (HCWs) to 6,500 from the previous 5,000. (MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the announcement after the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration...
(Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) The country’s need for healthcare workers (HCWs) should first be prioritized, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega said that the country needs more healthcare workers amid its...
Here's potential good news for Filipino healthcare workers who are still aspiring to work abroad amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. (Kevin Tristan Espiritu / The Medical City / File photo /MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Silvestre Bello III bared...
For TMC South Luzon, the hospital wins two awards at the Healthcare Asia Awards 2021 The Medical City 2020 was the year of the frontliners. The world witnessed how hospitals grappled with dwindling resources, increasing morbidity and mortality, and a decimated healthcare workforce as the virus...
The Department of Health (DOH) has observed an increase in the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in some regions across the country, with healthcare utilization rate in these areas now almost at “high risk” level. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire Health Undersecretary...
The government is set to release guidelines for the vaccination of family members of healthcare workers, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Saturday, May 29. (File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) “Itong mga kamag-anak ng healthcare workers kailangan pa po natin makapag release ng guidelines para...
Senator Nancy Binay is proposing to include registered dentists and licensed medical technologists as among the medical personnel authorized to administer COVID-19 vaccines. (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN) Binay filed Senate Bill No. 2212 on Tuesday, May 18, as she sought to amend the...
What's the need for a mega vaccination facility if local government units (LGUs) are already carrying out high volume inoculations against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? Healthcare Without Harm Southeast Asia Executive Director Ramon San Pascual (Screengrab from Facebook Live) This was...
Medical frontliners in the City of Manila have started getting the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Sta. Ana Hospital on Thursday, May 13. ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN In a statement, the local government said that 210 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been deployed to...
