DOH gets P10 billion budget cut for 2023
House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto has expressed his disappointment over the reduction of P10 billion in the proposed budget for the Department of Health (DOH) for the fiscal year 2024. …
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DOH issues reminders on celebrations this holiday season
Before Christmas comes, there will definitely be Christmas parties and gatherings left and right, as well as people crowding the mall to go shopping. But the Department of Health (DOH) …
Increase of severe, critical COVID-19 cases by August possible – DOH
The Department of Health (DOH) warned on Wednesday of a likely increase in severe and serious COVID-19 cases by August, citing declining public immunity. According to Maria Rosario Vergeire, Undersecretary …
2 hospitals in Iloilo stop accepting patients
The 2 hospitals in Iloilo will not accept the patient for now after some doctors and nurses tested positive for COVID-19. In the advisory released Monday, Ramon D. Duremdes District …
Hospitals with full capacity for COVID-19 cases increasing
It is not only the large hospitals in the National Capital Region that are experiencing a rapid increase in the number of COVID-19 patients being brought in in recent days. …
Business groups shun possibility of extended ECQ
Some groups of businessmen opposed the possibility to extend the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila for another 3 weeks, which would have ended on August 20. “Sana hindi na …
Large hospitals in NCR full of COVID patients
As COVID-19 patients fill the hospitals, a Department of Health (DOH) official advised those with mild cases not to rush to the hospitals first. According to Health Undersecretary Leopoldo Vega, …
Senate to probe PhilHealth’s late payments to hospitals
A senator is pushing to re-investigate the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) overdue payment on claims by hospitals to treat patients with COVID-19. Sen. Sonny Angara filed a resolution aimed …
Hospitals at full capacity, still unpaid by PhilHealth
It is said that the capacity of some hospitals in Metro Manila is overflowing due to the continuous crackdown on COVID-19 cases, according to their leadership, even though the region …
Angara: Build hospitals inside SUCs offering medical courses
Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Monday filed a bill that would build hospitals inside state universities and colleges (SUCs) that offer medical courses. Angara filed Senate Bill No. 1850 or the …