Healthcare workers The P9 billion special risk allowance (SRA) for healthcare workers has already been distributed to the regional offices of the Department of Health (DOH), the agency’s spokesperson said on Tuesday, June 29. “Iyong perang binigay sa atin ng DBM (Department of Budget and...
The Ospital ng Maynila now has a technology that can help patients who are physically challenged or have neurological disorders in their recovery. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno talks to stroke patient Ben Santos who is wearing an exoskeleton robot called HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) at the Ospital ng...
Digital innovation in healthcare could address the challenge of going to hospitals, which is both costly and risky in this pandemic times, says Globe Business Industry Marketing Head for Healthcare Manelle Cousart-Suyat. Globe Business offers a modular and digital system for hospitals that...
The Department of Health (DOH) assured the country’s healthcare workers that they will soon receive their allowances for their meals, accommodation, and transportation. MB/FILE PHOTO “The Secretary of Health is all out to support kasi alam naman natin na sila ang lifelines, frontliners at dapat...
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...
