The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to expand the healthcare service capacity for COVID-19 treatment in Zamboanga City. Secretary and Chief Isolation Czar Mark Villar said that he has instructed Undersecretary and DPWH Task Force to Facilitate Augmentation of Local/Health Facility Head Emil Sadain to identify the site where a modular […]
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The construction of the first-ever overseas Filipino workers (OFW) hospital has recently started after being delayed by quarantine measures imposed to control the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. During the kick-off ceremony, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the provincial government of Pampanga signed the deed of usufruct for the […]
The city government of Borongan in Eastern Samar is planning to upgrade its modern isolation facility to a 50-bed hospital with the increasing need for better health care services amid the coronavirus pandemic. Mayor Jose Ivan Dayan Agda said the proposed city hospital will have pediatric, obstetrics, internal medicine, and surgical wards, and a five […]
RSA Foundation, established by San Miguel Corporation (SMC) president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang, is looking to build a state-of-the-art hospital on a 3-5 hectare property in the southern part of Luzon as its first project and foray into helping future-proof society post-pandemic. The facility is envisioned to help arm and better prepare […]
A new off-site dormitory that will serve as temporary shelter for medical personnel of the Jose B. Lingad Memorial General Hospital (JBLMGH) in San Fernando City, Pampanga was recently completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). “DPWH assures the continuous assistance to the Department of Health in the provision of the much-needed […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has turned-over to the Philippine National Police (PNP) Medical Corps the newly-completed health facility for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Halls in Pasay City. According to DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, the makeshift hospital at the PICC Forum Tent has 294 […]
Senator Joel Villanueva led the groundbreaking rites in his hometown of Bocaue, Bulacan for the construction of the Joaquin Villanueva Medical Center, an extension of the Jose B. Lingad Memorial Hospital located in San Fernando, Pampanga. With a total lot area of 9,425 square meters, the Joaquin Villanueva Medical Center will be the first public […]