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Senator Bong Go welcomed the inauguration of the new emergency room at Ibajay District Hospital recently which Governor Jose Enrique “Joen” Miraflores attended. The said project aims to enhance medical services in the province and received support from Go as chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography and vice chairperson of the Senate […]
“An aging population needs a hospital for the aged.” This was stressed by Manila 6th District Representative Benny Abante Jr. following the pronouncements of the Commission on Population on Development (CPD) that the country will have an aging population by the year 2030. An aging population refers to the increase in the percentage of those […]
Angeles City Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. has ordered the salary raise of 117 Contract of Service employees at the Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center beginning on Feb. 1, 2023. Among the employees to get the salary raise are the 4 Midwives who will receive a ₱6,000 raise each; 105 Nursing Attendants with a ₱2,000 […]
The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Misamis Oriental Provincial Hospital in the municipality of Alubijid will undergo improvements as soon as possible. OWWA chief Arnell Ignacio visited the hospital after it was brought up by Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel III, a native of Cagayan de Oro, during a recent budget hearing. “Pumunta tayo dito. […]
The construction of the P325-million Siargao Island Medical Center (SIMC) in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte is expected to begin anytime soon, an official said. “The P325-million SIMC is a Level 2 hospital as stipulated in Republic Act (RA) 11500,” Surigao del Norte 1st District Representative Francisco Jose Matugas II explained. R.A. 11500 got the […]
The Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta (PBA) Party-list said it is looking into the possibility of legislating the establishment of a national hospital dedicated to Philippine athletes and specializing in sports and rehabilitation medicine. “With our recent string of successes in the global sports arena, napapanahon na rin siguro na magkaroon tayo ng ospital na tututok […]
Deputy Speaker Benny Abante Jr. on Sunday called on the Department of Health and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to fast-track the accreditation of the National Center for Geriatric Health (NCGH) so that its emergency room (ER) and inpatient services could be activated, and stressed that “with the country now in the middle of […]
Senator Grace Poe is urging the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to work harder to expedite the release of funds to hospitals and health workers, as the country faces fierce threats from the Delta variant. “We’ve been in this trying situation for over a year and both […]
The Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center (MHARS-MC) in Misamis Occidental province formally opened its P50-million worth isolation wing that can accommodate more coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Medical Center Chief, Dr. Jesus Martin Sanciangco III, said the rooms were originally designed as private wards but because of the pandemic, it would be used […]
The Senate approved on third reading a bill establishing a general hospital in the City of Bacolod, to be known as the Bacolod City General Hospital (BCGH). The hospital will cater to residents of the Lone District of Bacolod City, Negros Occidental. “We need more hospitals–especially public hospitals,” stressed Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri, author […]