CLINICAL MATTERS A few months ago, a teenager tragically died from rabies after she did not tell her mother that she had been bitten by a stray dog. By the time she asked for help, she had developed symptoms of rabies and it was too late to save her. Shortly afterwards, she died. The Philippines is...
CLINICAL MATTERS Picking up from where we left off after our first day in Mexico City, we journeyed south to Xochimilco where the remnants of the mountain lake, on which Mexico City was built, can still be seen. Canals crisscrossed the small man-made islands, known as chinampas, where locals build...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Sunday, August 4 raised the call for more doctors that would venture into mental, neurological and developmental health to address the growing number of cases in these fields. Hontiveros made the call during her keynote address at the...
Using its reserve funds, the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) should strive to lower the contributions of its members and at the same time increase its case rates and expand its healthcare benefits, Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go said. As chairman of the Senate Committee on...
You underwent a calorie restricted diet, you worked out heavily, you took a lot of supplements and yet, the numbers on the weighing scale haven’t significantly dropped. Where did you go wrong? We’ve all heard this: Calorie in and calorie out. The idea of burning the equal amount of calories you...
Covid-19 has been trending in the news, with several countries announcing an increase in cases and US President Joe Biden testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. Several of my own patients have also tested positive for the virus. The latest variant, KP.3, seems to be taking over and is driving a...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and Ayala Corp.’s Healthway Cancer Care Hospital (HCCH) on July 25 signed a memorandum of agreement to make blood supply affordable and accessible to cancer patients. Under the agreement, PRC will deliver blood to HCCH weekly or as necessary during...
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) on Wednesday, July 31 urged barangay health workers (BHWs) to apply for career service eligibility, which is required for securing permanent government positions. In a statement, CSC Chairperson Karlo Nograles announced that, in accordance with Republic Act No....
The Insurance Commission stated that most health maintenance organization (HMO) providers are expected to meet the planned increase of P100 million in minimum capital requirements, but seven others will be affected. On the sidelines of the 74th anniversary of the Philippine Life Insurance...
MT Terranova sinks off Limay, Bataan on July 25, 2024 while carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil. (Photo from Philippine Coast Guard) The Department of Health (DOH) warned about the serious health risks from an oil spill, urging the public to take immediate precautions and implement...
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) still has P500-billion in its chest fund that it can use dedicatedly for the improvement of its health packages for the benefit of its members. PhilHealth president and chief executive officer Emmanuel Rufino Ledesma Jr. made this...
Department of Finance (DOF) Ralph Recto clarified on Tuesday, July 30, that the remittance of P89.9 billion in unused funds from the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is not illegal. Recto said this during the hearing of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, as he addressed...
