It's safe and easy! Getting in touch with a De Los Santos Medical Center (DLSMC) doctor for a consultation is now made more convenient with CheckApp Rx, a new telemedicine platform developed by Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings, Inc. (MPHHI). The platform enables patients to schedule either a...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced Wednesday, September 29, that it will enter into an agreement with the Department of Health (DOH) to define the deployment of military medical personnel to hospitals which are requesting for assistance due to the recent surge of coronavirus...
A total of 154 Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) nurses were deployed in the country’s 27 private hospitals to augment the shortage in hospital personnel as more health workers have been getting infected by the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya explained...
Hospital nurse (FILE PHOTO) Nearly 40,000 more people have recovered from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Tuesday, Sept. 28. The DOH said that 39,980 more survivors were added to the country’s COVID-19 recovery tally, causing it to increase to...
The House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading a bill establishing the first mental health clinic in the country . Mental Health image With 196 affirmative and zero negative and abstention, House Bill 9980 will now be transmitted to the Senate for its actin. To be put up in...
DOH The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Tuesday, Sept. 28, another 102 deaths related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The new cases brought the country's total number of COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began to 37,596. It noted that the newly announced deaths were part of the data...
Live sweetly Diabetes has been a bitter pill to swallow, particularly for countries affected by the rising number of cases every year. In 2019, approximately 463 million adults (20 to79 years) were living with this chronic metabolic disease, characterized by an increase in blood sugar levels. By...
How’s your heart? There are 520 million people with cardiovascular disease and they have been more at risk of developing severe forms of COVID-19, according to the World Heart Federation. Resulting in 18.6 million deaths per year, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains to be the forefront cause of...
Vice President Leni Robredo has yet to declare her intention to run as president in the 2022 polls, but she has already bared her three-point priority list that includes health care, education, and poverty alleviation. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks at the webinar organized by the Presentation...
On telomeres and aging Women in meditation while practicing yoga in a training room. Happy, calm and relaxing. By now, we all know that aging is influenced by a lot of factors—there’s what we eat, our environment, our lifestyle, our genetics, sleep, and how we cope with stress. But...
The report on the probe over the alleged “false positive” results of coronavirus tests conducted by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in Subic is expected to come out next week, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said. (Photo from Philippine Red Cross / Manila Bulletin) Duque said that the...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) does not accept face shields that did not underwent scrutiny by the agency’s inspection team, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said Monday, Sept. 27. “Hindi natin tinatanggap ang mga supplies nang hindi ini-inspect ng ating DOH...
