Mental health awareness important in preventing suicide

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/16/2017

THE recent suicides in Cebu has prompted the Department of Health (DOH) to strengthen awareness on mental health issues, the signs of an impending suicide and how this can be possibly averted. Erika Datan, assistant mental health…

DOH: Panic, hysteria still grip earthquake victims

Futch Anthony Inso, Nestle L. Semilla 07/12/2017

LEYTE QUAKE A week after a 6.5-magnitude earthquake jolted the province of Leyte last Thursday, doctors and other medical practitioners from Cebu continue to care for the needs of the victims. This as several Leyte residents continued…

DOH readies P76M for sick evacuees

Nestle L. Semilla 07/12/2017

Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial said the national government has set aside an allocation of P76 million to cover the health and medical needs of evacuees from Marawi City. Ubial, who was in Cebu on Wednesday morning, said…

DOH targets 46 provinces

Inquirer.net 05/16/2017

More girls from several provinces are expected to benefit from the Department of Health’s (DOH) vaccination program against cervical cancer. The DOH announced on Monday the expansion of its human papilloma virus (HPV) immunization program as part…

Province to educate high school teachers about HIV

Intern 04/27/2017

THE Cebu Provincial Health Office (PHO) will conduct a training-of-trainer for teachers on the first week of May to educate the participants about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). According to PHO Information Officer Wilfredo Salgado Jr., they…

Window dressing for Asean is over

Nestor Ramirez 04/18/2017

Less than two weeks after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meetings here in Cebu, streets dwellers who were hauled by government men to keep them away from the eyes of foreign delegates are back on…

DOH puts hospitals in Region 7 on Code White alert

Fe Marie Dumaboc 03/24/2017

MEDICAL staff in all hospitals in Region 7 will be put on Code White alert, which will require doctors and nurses to be ready for any emergencies starting March 28 until April 25. This is part of…

CPR and local gov’t units

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/06/2017

Trained personnel for basic life support required EVERY local government unit (LGU) should have trained personnel who can respond and do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Dr. Jaime Bernadas, director of Department of Health (DOH-7), said that this has…

DOH-7 joins call for justice for slain doctor

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/06/2017

More than a hundred employees of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) wore black armbands yesterday to protest the killing Dr. Dreyfuss Perlas. DOH-7 Director Dr. Jaime Bernadas said they joined the nationwide call for…

DOH-7 joins nationwide call for justice for the slain doctor

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/06/2017

CEBU CITY—More than 100 employees of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) started wearing black armbands on Monday to seek justice for the killing of rural physician Dreyfuss Perlas last week. Dr. Jaime Bernadas, DOH-7…

Mass CPR activities held today

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 03/05/2017

HUNDREDS in Cebu are expected to join today’s nationwide mass cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) activity, which will include the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) and Philippine Heart Association (PHA). Dr. Shelbay Blanco, Disaster Risk Management for…

Island in Daanbantayan declares diarrhea outbreak

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag, Nestle L. Semilla 02/23/2017

THE Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has declared a diarrhea outbreak on Carnaza Island in Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu since last Monday after several people fell ill allegedly due to contaminated water. Dr. Rennan Cimafranca,…

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