Councilor de los Santos is new target lowest bidder’s protest

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/20/2014

‘I WON’T BUDGE’ De los Santos: ‘I will stand by my decision to disqualify them’ She’s not changing her mind. Councilor Mary Ann De los Santos said she’ll re-main firm on voting for the disqualification of the…

‘Bidding for new hospital open to private observers’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/18/2014

Cebu City officials said private observers will be invited to the  bidding process for the P300 million first phase of  the construction of the new Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC). “I am for it,” said Mayor Michael…

All patients safely evacuated from Cebu Doc fire

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Chito O. Aragon, Jhunnex Napallacan 10/29/2014

Fire broke out last night from the basement of the Cebu Doctors’ University Hospital in Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City. There were no reported casualties and all patients were evacuated to safety, the hospital administrator Oscar Tuazon, said.…

PH needs 100 new hospitals to service its 100 million population

Aileen Garcia-Yap 08/28/2014

For the country’s population of 100 million, we need at least 100,000 hospital beds. Dr. Rustico Jimenez, president of the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, told this to delegates of the Hospital Management Asia conference held…

More cameras eyed for hospitals

Peter L. Romanillos 07/18/2014

HEALTH and police officials proposed the installation of additional closed circuit TV cameras (CCTV) in other critical areas in the hospital during yesterday’s public hearing of the Provincial Board (PB) health committee. Dr. Sophia Mancao, head of…

DOH warns CPCMHI vs. pacifiers use

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2014

The Department of Health (DOH) central office has warned the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House Inc. (CPCMHI) to discontinue the use of pacifiers to quiet newborn babies. DOH-7 added they will closely monitor whether this is…

Hospital officials, mother of taped baby sign ‘no blame’ agreement

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/30/2014

The mother of baby Yohannes, the newborn boy who’s taped mouth set off a furor last May,  has agreed not to sue the hospital where her son was delivered. An amicable settlement, signed last Friday, by Jasmine…

Hospital says pacifier only used in ‘special cases’

Doris C. Bongcac 06/01/2014

Yes, the hospital taped a  pacifier on “Baby Blaire’s” mouth, said the director of the Cebu Puericulture Center and Maternity House. The purpose was to “calm” the newborn infant who was breathing too fast and kept crying,…

Mother willing to cooperate in probe on taping babies’ mouths

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/27/2014

Another mother who posted a Facebook photo of her baby who had a pacifier taped snug in his mouth said she is willing to cooperate in the investigation of the incident at the Cebu Puericulture Center and…

Parents hire lawyers, may sue hospital

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/21/2014

No one in the maternity hospital where baby Yohannes was born is taking responsibility for taping the infant’s mouth to quiet him. “We state for the record that the nurses and midwife had nothing to do with…

Dad starts online campaign to ‘break the silence’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/20/2014

While hospital staff in Cebu City deny knowing who taped the mouth of a newborn boy, the father, Ryan Noval, is taking his grievance to a wider campaign using social media. The Fil-Am bicycle advocate launched a…

State responsibility

05/19/2014

Press Secretary Herminio Coloma’s statement about the private sector stepping up the plate to build the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC), while on target with President Benigno Aquino III’s theme about public-private partnership (PPP), is still an…

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