Soon-Ruiz: Hospitals need to be oriented to service

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 12/02/2015

HOSPITAL staff and personnel should undergo intensive orientation and values formation so they would take better care of their patients, said One Cebu vice gubernatorial candidate Nerissa Soon-Ruiz. “This is to inculcate values and service for them…

Boy rescued after foot gets stuck in escalator

Apple Ta-as 11/29/2015

A BOY’s foot  got stuck  in an escalator as it descended to the lobby of the SM Northwing in Cebu City about 6:45 p.m. last night. A crowd watched as technicians and mall personnel took nearly an…

New building for Barili district hospital

Victor Anthony V. Silva 11/22/2015

A TWO-STORY building  is near completion in the Barili District Hospital compound that will improve  medical services for  town residents. The project is more than 86 percent complete and will be operational by the second quarter of…

Warning?

Loreen Sarmiento 11/01/2015

It was a health scare. Last Friday, I felt a stinging pain in my body’s lower left quadrant. I was sure it was not  muscular or ossein in origin.  I went to the restroom thinking it was…

Man linked to string of hospital thefts falls

Apple Ta-as 10/29/2015

A 36-year-old man suspected to be involved in several hospital thefts in Cebu City was arrested last Tuesday afternoon. Joseph Rosario of Mandaue City was caught in a  ward of  the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center after…

Man arrested for trying to encash stolen P13K check

Apple Ta-as 10/14/2015

POLICE arrested a man who allegedly tried to encash a check he stole from another man who fell asleep while watching over his wife inside a ward room in Chong Hua Hospital in Cebu City last Thursday.…

Houses to be cleared at CCMC site

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/10/2015

About 10 houses at the back of the demolished Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) will have to be cleared to allow construction of the new hospital building along Natalio Bacalso Avenue, corner Panganiban Street. City Engr. Jose…

CCMC ready to enroll more than 700 indigents with PhilHealth

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 09/09/2015

MORE than 700 slots are still available for indigents wishing to avail of the Cebu City Medical Center’s (CCMC) Point-of-Care program. CCMC Hospital Administrator Rey Cris Panugaling said they will enroll qualified indigents to secure Philhealth benefits.…

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…

Construction of CCMC starts

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/22/2015

City Engr. Jose Marie Poblete was appointed by Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama to head the special project management team for the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC). The team will monitor the construction of the first phase…

First phase of CCMC construction seen to start this week

Nestle L. Semilla 07/05/2015

THE construction of the new Cebu City Medical Center officially kicked off yesterday with a groundbreaking ceremony attended by Cebu City officials and representatives of the winning bidder,  CE Padilla Construction Inc. The firm’s president,  Engr.  Catalino…

CCMC inaugurates new hospital improvements

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 06/23/2015

Several improvements were inaugurated and blessed Tuesday morning at the temporary Cebu City Medical Center. The makeshift hospital now features an airconditioned comfort lounge near the main building where patients or relatives can wait. The Outpatient Department…

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