Health worker from Talisay City recovers from COVID-19

Doris C. Bongcac 05/17/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The health worker from Talisay City, who earlier tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019, has already recovered from her infection and was already sent back home to her family. Mayor Gerald Anthony…

2 health workers among 20 new COVID-19 cases in Cebu

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Two health workers who reside in Cebu province are among the 20 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Cebu on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. The two frontliners are from Talisay City and Minglanilla…

The frontliners’ prayers for Good Friday

Delta Dyrecka Letigio, Gerard Vincent Francisco 04/10/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — While the majority of Cebu City residents are staying in their homes this Good Friday due to the enhanced community quarantine, many health workers still go to work to fight the deadly COVID-19…

Swab samples from Dumaguete frontliners sent for testing at VSMMC

Florence Baesa 04/08/2020

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental- A total of 20 swab samples from patients under investigation (PUIs), including frontliners and a policeman were brought to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, for coronavirus…

Discrimination against frontliners now illegal in Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 04/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The discrimination against frontliners such as medical professionals, health workers, and other people working to fight against the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the ground can now be penalized in Cebu City. The…

VSMMC: 5 healthcare workers under quarantine

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Some healthcare workers at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) are placed under home quarantine, latest report from the hospital states. VSMMC issued its latest hospital statistics on Thursday, April 2, 2020,…

CPPO to help frontliners in the province

Immae Lachica 04/01/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines— In their bid to help frontliners in the different towns of Cebu Province, Police Colonel Roderick Mariano, director of the Cebu Police Provincial Office, said that they will be extending any assistance needed by these…

Bong Go: Use available funds to give volunteer health workers proper compensation

04/01/2020

  MANILA, Philippines – Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go appealed to the Department of Health and the Department of Budget and Management on Sunday, March 29, to provide proper compensation for health workers who volunteered to help…

Ferro orders probe on ‘attack’ on male nurse from Cebu City

Alven Marie Timtim 03/31/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The recent attack on a Cebu-based health worker did not go unnoticed. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, director of the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7), said they are now investigating…

Health workers who died fighting COVID-19 ‘lucky’ to lay down life for country

Gabriel Pabico Lalu - INQUIRER.net 03/31/2020

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday consoled the relatives of health care workers who had died caring for COVID-19 patients,  saying that their loved ones were “lucky” to have died serving the country. Duterte, who…

Health workers, frontliners should be spared from harassment, discrimination – DOH-7, IBP Cebu

Morexette Marie B. Erram 03/30/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH – 7) and Integrated Bar of the Philippines – Cebu Chapter (IBP – Cebu) condemned the discrimination and attacks made against health workers. The DOH-7…

2 frontline health workers attacked

Ador Vincent Mayol, Edwin Fernandez 03/30/2020

COTABATO CITY, Maguinadano, Philippines —The discrimination against health workers in the frontline of the battle against the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become violent. Two persons, a hospital employee in Tacurong City and a nurse of a…

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