The bed occupancy rate of Mega COVID-19 Field Hospital reached 88 percent, Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso said on Saturday (August 7). (Manila Public Information Office / MANILA BULLETIN) The COVID-19 Field Hospital has a 344 bed capacity, 302 of which are now occupied with patients...
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has assured that it is now working to address the complaints of hospitals in claims processing delays. Citing its records, PhilHealth said it has already paid a total of...
The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) has recorded six pediatric patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), three of them are critical, its spokesperson said. (PGH FACEBOOK PAGE / MANILA BULLETIN) In a virtual public briefing, PGH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas del Rosario said of the six patients, one...
Health Undersecretary and treatment czar Leopoldo Vega The number of calls received by the government’s hospital referral center has been “steadily” increasing in recent weeks, Health Undersecretary and treatment czar Leopoldo Vega said. As the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases...
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday, August 5 urged the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to expedite the settlement of all hospital claims to better prepare them in dealing with the possible surge of COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant. Angara said it is imperative that hospitals are...
Three modular hospitals intended to accommodate severe and critical cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Lung Center of the Philippines will soon be completed, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said. OPENING SOON--Three modular hospitals meant to accommodate severe...
Seven of eight allotted pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) beds in the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) are currently occupied, its spokesperson said Wednesday, Aug. 4. Philippine General Hospital (Wikimedia Commons / MB file photo) "Out of the eight beds, seven are occupied right now. Three are...
The intensive care unit (ICU) of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) is 90 percent full, its spokesperson said Wednesday, Aug. 4. Philippine General Hospital (Photo from University of the Philippines) In an interview over CNN Philippines, PGH Spokesperson Dr. Jonas Del Rosario said the hospital...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Director-General Eric Domingo The Delta variant of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was not as contagious among healthcare workers of the Philippine General Hospital as most of them are vaccinated and observe health protocols, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) admissions in the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) has increased over the past week, its spokesperson said Monday, Aug. 2. Philippine General Hospital (PNA) PGH, the largest COVID-19 referral hospital in the country, is now treating 143 infected patients as of...
DOH Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The number of people calling the government's One Hospital Command Center to seek medical assistance is rising once again amid the threat of the Delta variant of coronavirus, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said. The One...
The Surgical Innovation and Biotechnology (SIBOL) program being implemented by the College of Medicine of the University of the Philippines (UP) Manila-Philippine General Hospital (PGH) has secured funding support from the Department of Science and Technology- Philippine Council for Health Research...
