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LEE TO DOH: GIVE PUBLIC HOSPITALS MORE EQUIPMENT

“Walang kwenta ang mga dagdag benepisyo kung walang mga gamit at ospital.” This was the statement of Manoy Wilbert Lee as he reiterated his call for the Department of Health (DOH) to fast-track provision of medical equipment, including Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan, Computed Tomography (CT) scan and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), and other diagnostic […]

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ANGARA TO DOH: SPEED UP HIRING OF DOCTORS, NURSES

Senator Sonny Angara prodded the Department of Health (DOH) to address the issue of contractualization within its ranks and hasten the regularization of the doctors and nurses working in its hospitals and other facilities. As chairman of the Committee on Finance, Angara confronted the DOH about underspending in the amount of P24 billion, a portion […]

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GIVE DOH AUTHORITY TO ADD HOSPITAL BEDS – ANGARA

Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill which seeks to give the Department of Health (DOH) the authority to increase the bed capacity of all public hospitals under its supervision in order to address the mismatch in occupancy and improve the quality of government health services. Under the present set-up, the department can only increase […]