An official from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) called on the national government to implement a more targeted contact tracing during the implementation of granular lockdowns in Metro Manila. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "More mobility means higher chance of people getting the virus, higher...
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is facing a manpower shortage as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in the country continue to soar. Philippine General Hospital (Wikimedia Commons / MB file photo) In an interview with ANC on Monday, Sept. 13, PGH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas del Rosario said...
The country's largest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) referral center is grappling with manpower shortage after 10 of its volunteer doctors resigned, its spokesperson said Thursday, Sept. 9. Philippine General Hospital (PNA) In an interview with CNN Philippines, Dr. Jonas del Rosario said the...
DILG Pateros and contact tracers assist the Pateros Rescue in transporting COVID-19 patients to isolation centers (DILG Pateros) Fourteen out of the 32 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) referral hospitals in the country are now under the "critical" classification in terms of their healthcare...
(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Patients who have mild symptoms of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are being offered home care packages amid the hospital bed shortage in the country. "Meron naman po tayong mga ino-offer sa government, may mga home care package doon po natin sila nire-refer kung...
The number of people seeking assistance from the national government's COVID-19 response hotline, One Hospital Command Center (OHCC), has doubled in just a month as the country continues to experience a surge in new virus cases amid the Delta variant. Dr. Marylaine Padlan, medical officer of OHCC,...
Most of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients with severe symptoms in San Lazaro Hospital are unvaccinated, an official said Wednesday, Sept. 1. (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) In an interview with CNN Philippines, Dr. Rontgene Solante, head of the Adult Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine...
Senator Grace Poe dismissed on Monday, August 30, as "puny" the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation's (PhilHealth) suspension of its controversial circular deferring its payments of hospitals claims. Senator Grace Poe (Senate PRIB) Poe, instead, said she had expected the PhilHealth to implement...
The hospital utilization rates in Metro Manila will likely remain high next month as the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is seen to rise further, the OCTA Research said. (FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) OCTA fellow Prof. Guido David said Monday, Aug. 30, that the number of occupied beds in...
The Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) on Sunday, Aug. 29, denied that its health workers will be taking part in a mass walkout on Monday. (Photo from CGHMC's official Facebook page) CGHMC said the circulating news in some media outlets of a looming protest by their employees are...
The Pasay City General Hospital announced Saturday that it is already accepting severe cases at their OB-Gyne section. Dr. John Victor de Gracia, officer-in-charge, said the hospital is referring all non-complicated OB cases to Dona Martha Lying-in clinic located in Don Carlos Village, Pasay City....
DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The number of patients calling the government's One Hospital Command Center (OHCC) continues to increase as it is now receiving at least 500 calls daily, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. Last July, the OHCC was only...
