Cordova plans to tap Lapu-Lapu City hospital for its patients

Futch Anthony Inso 09/07/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – The Municipal Government of Cordova plans to enter into an agreement with ARC Hospital in Lapu-Lapu City, to admit patients from the town. This was confirmed by Vice-Mayor Victor “Boyet” Tago. Tago said…

Lapu-Lapu plans to open free dialysis center by April — Mayor Chan

Futch Anthony Inso 03/13/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — By April, the Lapu-Lapu City government will have its own dialysis center for Oponganon patients. This developed after the Lapu-Lapu City government entered into a joint venture agreement with a private firm to…

We don’t play God

Ella Mae Inoferio Masamayor - @inquirerdotnet 02/06/2022

Details have been altered to protect patient identities.“’Tay, ’di ba sabi mo lalaban ka? ’Di ba sabi mo gagaling tayo?” I press the phone even closer to my patient’s ear. His family was on the other line,…

EOC urges patients isolated in BICs to help maintain cleanliness

Mae Fhel Gom-os 08/30/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — The chief implementor of Cebu City’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) has urged those being isolated in barangay isolation centers (BICs) to work together in maintaining the cleanliness of their rooms. Councilor Joel Garganera…

WHO halts hydroxychloroquine trials on COVID-19 patients

06/19/2020

GENEVA — The World Health Organization decided Wednesday to halt trials of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, finding it did not reduce the mortality rate. A decades-old malaria and rheumatoid arthritis drug, hydroxychloroquine…

More symptomatic patients among new COVID cases

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Health officials have noted an increase in the number of symptomatic patients among the new cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that have been reported recently. Dr. Jaime Bernadas, Department of Health…

Time-based discharge starts for COVID-19 patients in Cebu province

Rosalie O. Abatayo 06/09/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Observing a time-based discharge policy for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients in Cebu province has started. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said she has already asked the permission of Dr. Jaime Bernadas, the regional director of…

6 Cebu City cops test positive for COVID-19

Alven Marie A. Timtim 06/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines– Six more cops from the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Police Brigadier General Albert Ignatius Ferro, director of PRO-7, said…

DOH cracks whip on hospitals refusing to admit patients

Jovic Yee - Inquirer.net 05/23/2020

Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire on Friday said an oversight board of the Department of Health (DOH) had issued show-cause orders to hospitals that have reportedly refused admission to patients as the coronavirus crisis stretched them to…

76 Bohol samples cleared of COVID-19

Rosalie Abatayo 05/12/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 76 swab samples from Bohol province have tested negative for the coronavirus disease, the provincial government reported this Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Dr. Yul Lopez, Bohol’s spokesperson for COVID-19 updates,…

279 COVID-19 patients in Mambaling transferred to BIC

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 05/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least 279 asymptomatic patients of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Alaska, Barangay Mambaling in Cebu City have been transferred to the isolation center on Monday evening, May 11, 2020. According to…

31 medical staff, 8 patients of CDO hospital isolated

Froilan Gallardo 05/03/2020

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — The entire medical staff of the surgery ward of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) made up of 31 individuals, and 8 patients of the hospital’s surgery ward were placed under isolation…

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