Hospitals block rooms for APEC

Apple Ta-as, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 09/02/2015

EACH tertiary hospital in Cebu has one priority room ready in case there is an emergency need to accommodate participants and delegates to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings. Department of Health regional director Dr. Jaime Bernadas…

CCMC scrap iron puzzle

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/01/2015

Where did city hospital’s salvage materials go? A year-old question about what happened to scrap iron and salvage materials left after the demolition of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) will be taken up again today by…

APEC economies move against fake drugs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/31/2015

ASIA-PACIFIC Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies are working on ensuring pharmaceutical supply chain security and integrity. Health Undersecretary Kenneth Hartigan-Go said member economies have identified the supply chain of pharmaceutical drugs as an important issue since there are…

Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo’s sweet savory stories

Neil Iosif Ylagan 08/23/2015

In the last two years, Philippine Soap Opera Princess Judy Ann Santos-Agoncillo has been busy shooting, writing, and editing. But not for a new film or TV series she’s starring in or producing—it’s for a new book…

Public warned on unlabeled food

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/19/2015

The Cebu City Health Office closed down the outlet which produced the rice cakes that made 11 students of Hipodromo Elementary School sick after eating them last week. Cebu City Health Officer Dr. Daisy Villa said the…

DOH logo means safe food

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/18/2015

The Department of Health (DOH-7) is making sure no delegate will get sick due to food poisoning. Stickers with  the DOH logo will be placed  in hotels, restaurants and food outlets that pass food safety standards, said…

Amoebiasis downs 67 in Tudela

Melissa Q. Cabahug 08/18/2015

Provincial health officials pointed to amoebiasis as having caused diarrhea to 67 persons in Tudela town, Camotes Island in northeast Cebu since Wednesday last week. James Cañete, sanitary inspector of the Provincial Health Office (PHO), said six…

Rice cake downs teacher, kids

08/14/2015

A teacher and 14 pupils of Hipodromo Elementary School showed signs of food poisoning after eating rice cakes sold in the school canteen last Wednesday. The teacher and 11 children were brought to the Cebu City Medical…

4 kids confined after eating lechon

Melissa Q. Cabahug 08/14/2015

Four children in Tudela town, Camotes island were hospitalized after eating lechon or roasted pig whose meat may have been spoiled. The children, aged 3, 5 and 12, said the pork had an unpleasant smell and was…

772 cases of HIV/AIDS recorded in June

08/10/2015

Department of Health says this is highest number of cases in a month The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded the highest number of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a single month last June,…

DOH records 2,848 dengue cases, 16 dengue deaths since January

Marc Eric Cosep 08/06/2015

Since the onset of the rainy season, the regional Department of Health office is monitoring dengue cases in the province . About 2843 dengue cases and 16 deaths caused by dengue were recorded by the DOH from…

Digital ECG device launched

Vanessa Claire Lucero 08/05/2015

Heartline Telemedical Services has established a center in Cebu to offer its digital devices for remote health monitoring. David Rubin, president and chief executive officer of telemedical device manufacturer Aerotel Medical Systems, said the HeartView P12/8i will…

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