Where did the medical supplies of VSMMC go?

NESTOR B. RAMIREZ 03/20/2018

Last week I received information about the scarcity of medicines in the pharmacy of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC). I immediately dismissed the report as I was not surprised by the statement. I silently told myself,…

More scholarships, medical schools for aspiring doctors

03/19/2018

The provincial government and other local governments should sponsor more scholarships for those interested in becoming a doctor to solve the shortage of medical personnel in the countryside. Visiting Japanese professor Dr. Sam Tabuchi of the Toyo…

Free medical, dental services at SM malls

PR 03/18/2018

The SM Foundation continues to dispense medical and dental services to communities around SM malls in Cebu to show care to the people it serves. Last March 14, 1,000 patients from the different barangays in Cebu City…

MactanDoc to offer medical residency programs

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 03/14/2018

RESIDENCY training for doctors and more employment opportunities are expected at the Mactan Doctors’ Hospital as it expands with their new Medical Arts building this year. All five departments of MactanDoc have been given orders to organize…

Endoscopy services now available in Maayo Medical

Donna Mae Ocmeja 03/09/2018

Staff and doctors of medical tourism facility Maayo Medical proudly showed off to its associates its newest medical unit during a launching event last February 24. Maayo Medical’s Endoscopy unit currently offers Consultation, Upper GI Transoral, Endoscopy,…

Medical, dental mission at SM Consolacion

PR 02/19/2018

  SM Foundation Inc. is set to hold a medical and dental mission in SM City Consolacion on February 23, Friday. Dubbed “Gamot para sa Kapwa,” this year’s activity headed by SM Foundation Executive Director Connie Angeles…

Gov’t launches medical aid desk

Morexette Erram 02/12/2018

Malasakit Desk is 24/7 one stop shop for indigents A one-stop shop to process the medical assistance claims of indigents was launched by President Rodrigo Duterte at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) during his Cebu…

Rody to launch medical program in Cebu

PR 02/04/2018

President Rodrigo Duterte will lead the unveiling of the marker for the Malasakit Center to be set up at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) in Cebu City on Feb. 12. Duterte’s Feb. 12 visit will…

NO FORGIVENESS

Ador Vincent Mayol, Morexette B. Erram 01/23/2018

Families of Fil-Am medical group killed in a car crash in Alegria on Saturday to sue tourist van driver for multiple homicide Tourists told to tap only legitimate transport providers Forgiving the driver of the tourist van…

A friend’s thoughts on colleagues, medical missionaries, lost in crash

Dr. Philip S. Chua 01/22/2018

ALEGRIA ROAD ACCIDENT Ten medical missionaries from the United States returned to the Philippines to do their regular annual medical missions. Their destination this time was to be Camiguin province. This mission would forever alter their fate.…

Six hospitalized for food poisoning

Nestle L. Semilla 01/22/2018

Six persons were rushed to the Cebu City Medical Center (CCMC) on Sunday, January 21 due to food poisoning. According to the Chief of the Cebu City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CCDRMO) Nagiel Bañacia, Laboratory findings…

Medical personnel on alert during Fiesta Señor celebration – Bernadas

Futch Anthony Inso 01/09/2018

DO NOT forget to bring your maintenance medicines, food and water when attending Fiesta Señor-related activities. This was the advise of Dr. Jaime Bernadas, Regional Director of the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH)-7, to devotees…

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