The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) received Tuesday, April 19, a new modular hospital facility from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) which will further boost the medical care needs and Covid-19 response of the Health Service Command (AFPHSC) for its military and civilian...
Quezon 4th district Rep. Angelina “Helen” Tan has revealed the signing of a law establishing the Southern Luzon Multi-Specialty Medical Center, which she said would help decongest hospitals in Metro Manila amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (From left to right) President Rodrigo Duterte, Quezon Rep....
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) are now preparing for the opening of the country’s first hospital for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). In a Facebook post on April 1, DOLE announced that it has recently met with PGH doctors and Overseas...
A health expert stressed on Friday, April 1, the importance of vaccinating children with cancer against Covid-19, reiterating the protection offered by vaccines to immunocompromised kids. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual forum hosted by the University of the Philippines (UP), Dr. Patricia...
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 Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Knights of Rizal La Carcel Chapter joined forces for a blood donation campaign at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center (PCMC). BJMP chief Jail Director Allan Iral commended the efforts of the Knights of Rizal to call for volunteers and...
Department of Health (DOH) officials and Mayor Gilbert "Bebong" Gatchalian led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the first trauma hospital in Barangay Bulihan, City of Malolos, Bulacan, on Friday, March 18. Mayor Gilbert "Bebong" Gatchalian, Dr. June M Baquiran , Erick Fernandez,...
The University of the Philippines (UP) announced that it is expanding the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) as it builds the UP Philippine General Hospital (UP PGH) Cancer Center and the UP PGH Diliman. (Photo from UP) According to UP, the proposals for the two major infrastructure projects were...
More benefits await both doctors and patients through this partnership In 1945, KARL STORZ started producing ENT (ear, throat, nose) instruments, headlamps, and binocular loupes under his company. This led him to expand his medical vision into exploring equipment that can assist doctors in checking...
UNITED NATIONS, United States – The United Nations' reproductive health agency announced Thursday that two other Ukrainian maternity hospitals had been attacked and destroyed before Russia's strike on a facility in the southeastern city of Mariupol on Wednesday. The hospital in Mariupol is...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday, March 3 called on the government anew to improve the healthcare services for Filipino migrant workers, many of whom are exposed to working conditions that put them at higher risk for certain medical issues. Go, chairman of the Senate health committee,...
The world doesn't stop, even when there's an ongoing war. Babies are still born every day. Dr. Denis Surkov of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Children's Clinical Hospital With the bombings over the weekend, in Dninpro city, Ukraine, a children's hospital was under siege and the doctors rushed these babies...
