Experts to be called in to evaluate construction of CCMC

07/14/2016

EXPERTS in the construction industry will be called in to assess any inadequacies in the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC), Councilor Mary Ann delos Santos said yesterday. Delos Santos, who was assigned to handle the CCMC by…

Scaling down expectations

Editorial 06/30/2016

Former Cebu City mayor Michael Rama’s argument for the city to have its own hospital may be well and good but to reiterate the painfully obvious, he isn’t around in City Hall anymore to make it into…

‘CCMC will be completed’

Nestle L. Semilla 06/29/2016

DESPITE having no building permit and other deficiencies, the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) will be completed, Councilor Mary Ann delos Santos said yesterday. In yesterday’s press conference, delos Santos said the suspension of works for the…

Group slams CCMC stop work order

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/24/2016

CEBU City Acting Mayor Margarita Osmeña should have also considered the relevance of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) to the large sector of the population in Cebu City as one of the parameters in deciding whether…

Botched baby delivery

Editorial 06/23/2016

It will be the word of the couple Edalene and Roldan Añosa against the staff of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) who, despite her doctor’s advice, insisted on a normal delivery for their baby son…

Don’t stall CCMC project – Rama

Nestle L. Semilla 06/22/2016

INSTEAD of stalling construction of the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) the city government should just comply with the requirements of the project side by side with the construction. Thus urged outgoing Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama…

CCMC construction work stopped

Nestle L. Semilla 06/18/2016

Cebu City Acting Mayor Margarita Osmeña has ordered the suspension of construction work on the new Cebu City Medical Center starting Monday after it was found out that the building project has no building and business permits.…

Police want autopsy on couple’s son

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/16/2016

The Cebu City Police Office is asking the couple who filed a complaint against the doctors and staff of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to allow them to conduct an autopsy on their son who died…

VSMMC blamed for infant’s death

Carmel Loise Matus, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/14/2016

A mother who expected to deliver her baby by cesarean section but was allegedly advised by the staff of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to opt for a normal delivery instead is now blaming the government-run…

P231.6-M SB3 approved; P40M allotted for hiring of district hospitals’ staff

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/14/2016

A P40-million budget has been allotted for the hiring of additional staff of the 16 district hospitals in the province’s general fund proper of this year’s P231.6 million Supplemental Budget (SB) 3, which was approved by the…

Santiago contracted pneumonia but now in stable condition

06/03/2016

Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago contracted pneumonia due to complications from her advanced stage of lung cancer, her media staff said on Thursday. The senator was moved from the intensive care unit to a regular private room at the…

Abandoned baby still in ICU

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/30/2016

The abandoned premature baby that was found in Barangay Maya, Daanbantayan last week remains at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center due to his undeveloped lungs. Heidie Aplece, Municipal Social Welfare Development…

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