Dr. Jennifer Justice Manzano Head, Asian Brain Institute Asian Hospital and Medical Center Back when I was in med school late 1990s, the chance of a person getting a stroke or brain attack in their lifetime was 1 in 8. When I was in neurology training, it became 1 in 6. Today, it’s...
More than 86,000 Filipino migrant workers and their dependents have been served at the OFW Hospital in San Fernando City, Pampanga in 2024. Ralph Julius Mendoza, chief of the OFW Hospital Medical Center, said those provided with urgent medical care include 41,282 outpatients, and 523 inpatients....
President Marcos has stressed the need for more aggressive action against cancer—the second leading cause of death now in the Philippines. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the groundbreaking ceremony of the cancer care center of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Hospital in San Fernando...
The medical mission at Kalumpang Elementary School in Marikina City's first district organized by Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III (Pimentel's Office) Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III led a free multi-specialty medical mission...
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...
CEBU CITY – The 31-year-old man who fatally stabbed a nurse inside a private hospital in Tagbilaran City, Bohol has sought forgiveness from the victim’s family. THE Bohol Doctors' Hospital in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. (Contributed photo) Marlito Linguis showed remorse a day after the...
By Dr. Michelle F. Rodriguez Consultant, Pediatric Hematology, Oncology Specialist at Asian Cancer Institute, Asian Hospital and Medical Center When confronted with the thought of illness, our natural response is fear. This becomes even more unpleasant when we start thinking,...
On September 13, 2024, TECO Deputy Representative Yang Deng-shi (center in white) met with the Chiayi Christian Hospital team, who came to the Philippines for a medical mission, and discussed future medical cooperation with Superintendent Dr. Chen Wei (next to Yang, wearing an ID badge). (Photo...
President Marcos has bared that his administration is constructing several medical facilities for cancer patients, as he reiterated his resolve to bring services closer to the people. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Marcos said this in response to a message sent to him by...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. led the groundbreaking of the new Medical Arts Building of the Eastern Samar Provincial Hospital in Borongan City on Thursday, September 19. SEN. Bong Revilla Jr. (right) leads the groundbreaking of the Eastern Samar Provincial Hospital Medical...
On his birthday, President Marcos announced that zero-billing will be implemented in all tertiary public hospitals in the county. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) "This is my treat to you," Marcos said in his speech in Nueva Ecija as he announced that the government will be...
AC Health announced that oncology specialists at City of Hope can now provide leading-edge clinical guidance to patients living in Southeast Asia through a second opinion collaboration agreement with the Healthway Cancer Care Hospital (HCCH). City of Hope is one of the largest and most advanced...
