COA lauds Capitol’s termination of JOs, COS medical staff in 2019

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/19/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The present provincial administration’s move to terminate the services of job order (JO) and contract of service (COS) medical personnel in Cebu province has been lauded by the Commission on Audit, citing “some…

Talisay City gov’t warns people who spread misinformation on the 2019-nCoV on social media of sanctions

Doris C. Bongcac 02/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Talisay City government is warning individuals, who spread misinformation on the 2019 novel coronavirus on social media, of sanctions. The Talisay City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO) issued the warning after…

Gov. Gwen to visit mother of baby who died in Camotes District Hospital

Rosalie Abatayo 01/07/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will be meeting today, January 7, 2020,  the mother of a three-week-old boy who died in the district hospital of Camotes.  The child, identified as Kai Gavin Yangson, reportedly…

District hospital in Argao experiences understaffing due to ’employment issues’

Rosalie Abatayo 10/03/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A shortage of medical personnel is hounding the Isidro C. Kintanar Memorial Hospital (ICKMH) in Argao town, southern Cebu. ICKMH, a district hospital, serves the constituents of Argao and its neighboring towns…

Gwen on ‘rightsizing’ hospital staffing: We are just following DOH standards

Rosalie O. Abatayo 07/08/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines —The Capitol’s move to “rightsize” the number of personnel in provincial and district hospitals since the start of the new administration has drawn flak from netizens as posts circulated online claiming that hospitals were…

Cebu hospitals to be upgraded – PHO head

08/11/2016

The four district hospitals will become level II hospitals in three years. This is one of the three-year goals that Dr. Rene Catan, acting Cebu Provincial Health Office head, announced in a press briefing yesterday. Catan, a…

Construction worker electrocuted

Rene Alima 06/22/2016

A construction worker dies after he accidentally got electrocuted while repairing a house in Barangay Maslog, Danao City last Tuesday noon. Pronounced dead on arrival at Danao District Hospital, the construction worker was identified as Renan Pleños,…

Cebu ordinance: Free medical care for kids of indigents

Melissa Q. Cabahug 06/23/2015

The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) approved on third and final reading an ordinance mandating provincial and district hospitals in the province to provide free medical care to children of indigent families from newborns to 6 years old.…

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