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Anakalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes believes the Department of Health should focus on hiring unemployed and inactive registered nurses first before hiring unlicensed nursing graduates to fill vacancies in government hospitals. “Marami po tayong nurses, board passers, na naghahanap ng trabaho. ‘Di ba dapat unahin natin ang mga licensed nurses bago bigyan ng pagkakataon ang […]
The chair of the House of Representatives’ labor and employment committee has urged a dialogue among stakeholders to address the shortage of nurses in government hospitals. “We should have a dialogue first, then craft a workable strategy to address the shortage, with the view towards implementing a long-term solution instead of temporary measures,” Rizal 4th […]
Governor Edcel “Grex” Lagman will call a meeting with all the chiefs of hospitals in the province of Albay. This is after Lagman headed the visit to Cagraray District Hospital, Cagraray Island, Bacacay, Albay recently, unannounced, to check the situation of the government-run primary health centers and rural hospitals, healthcare workers, and patients in the […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has donated 300 personal protective equipment (PPE) coveralls to support frontline health workers in their fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The NEA through its Human Resources and Administration Department (HRAD) and the Samahan ng mga Kawaning Makareporma ng NEA (SAMAKAREN) turned over the PPE coveralls to three […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started construction of a centralized medical warehouse that will benefit the provincial hospitals of Balo-i, Kauswagan, Kolambugan, Baroy, Kapatagan, and Sultan Naga Dimaporo all in the province of Lanao del Norte. Citing a report from DPWH Region 10 Director Zenaida Tan, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said […]
Despite the threat of inclement weather brought by Typhoon Tisoy, Senator Bong Go pushed through to join the opening of the 52nd Malasakit Center in the country at the Ospital ng Malabon in Malabon City. The launch was led by Sec. Michael Lloyd Dino of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV), […]
Starting next year, nurses working in public health institutions will be enjoying a salary increase of not lower than that of salary grade 15 after the Senate Committee on Finance approved needed appropriations pursuant to a Supreme Court decision that upheld Section 32 of the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002. Senator Bong Go, Chair of […]
Senator Bong Revilla reiterated the need to implement R.A. 9173 or the “Philippine Nursing Act of 2002” which pegs the base pay of nurses in the public sector at Salary Grade 15 as he questioned its exclusion in the 2020 national budget despite the Supreme Court’s ruling. In Revilla’s interpellation during the Senate’s hearing of […]
The Department of Health’s (DOH) proposed P160.15 billion budget for 2020 was approved on committee level during a Senate public hearing presided by Senator Bong Go, chair of the Subcommittee F of the Senate Committee on Finance. During the hearing, Go expressed his full support for the DOH. However, the legislator also raised concerns regarding […]
Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara stressed the need to upgrade the facilities and increase the bed capacity of government-run hospitals under the Department of Health (DOH) in anticipation of the influx of patients due to the impending implementation of the landmark universal health care (UHC) law. “To accommodate more patients, government hospitals would need additional beds […]