PBA legend Jaworski ‘making good progress’ after illness, says family

Bong Lozada 03/19/2021

MANILA, Philippines—PBA legend Robert Jaworski is getting better by the day following a bout with pneumonia in 2020 that got complicated when he also contracted a blood abnormality. Jaworski’s family’s relayed the information through their Facebook account,…

5-month-old PUI from Southern Leyte dies, tests negative for COVID-19

Jani Arnaiz 04/04/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte – A five-month-old baby boy, who was considered a patient under investigation (PUI) for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), died on Thursday, April 2, 2020, or less than 23 hours since he was admitted…

Wuhan hospital president dies of novel coronavirus pneumonia

02/18/2020

BEIJING — Liu Zhiming, president of Wuhan Wuchang Hospital in Hubei province, died of the novel coronavirus pneumonia at 10:30 am on Tuesday despite medical efforts, according to a report of China Central Television. The hospital, which…

3-year-old child referred to ACR Hospitals cleared of 2019-nCoV infection

Doris C. Bongcac 01/29/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines -Lapu-Lapu City has remained free of the dreaded 2019 novel coronavirus. The management of a private hospital that is operating in Barangay Agus in Lapu-Lapu City said that the 3-year-old child, who was referred…

Capitol to Cebuanos: Avoid public places amid reports of mysterious disease in China

Rosalie Abatayo 01/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines —  Barely two weeks before the Fiesta Señor, the Capitol has warned Cebuanos against going to crowded areas amid the outbreak of a “mysterious” strain of pneumonia in China. In a disease outbreak news…

Msgr. Binghay dies at 84

Immae Lachica 11/04/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Cebuanos are mourning the death of one of the Episcopal Vicars of the Archdiocese of Cebu. Msgr. Esteban Binghay succumbed to pneumonia at 12:40 p.m. today, November 4, 2019 while admitted at the…

Superbug pandemic?

Dr. Philip S. Chua 08/13/2017

WHILE terrorism is holding peace hostage around the world today, a more rampant but under the radar killer is on the loose and becoming more widespread, wiping out lives, as the medical community helplessly battles this pandemic…

Abused Toledo girl admitted to hospital for pneumonia

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 02/21/2017

THE two-year-old girl who was allegedly abused by family members in Toledo City had been admitted back to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) after she was diagnosed by doctors to be suffering from pneumonia. Mae…

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…

Vidal discharged from hospital

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/11/2014

Nearly three weeks after he was hospitalized due to pneumonia, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu Ricardo Cardinal Vidal was discharged from the hospital. One of Vidal’s physicians, Dr. Rene Josef Bullecer, said the retired prelate was cleared to…

Prayers pour in for Vidal

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 10/23/2014

As Cebu’s well-loved prelate remains closely monitored at the hospital for pneumonia, prayers for his recovery kept pouring in for Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu Ricardo Cardinal Vidal, 83. According to Fr. Joseph de Aquino, Vidal’s secretary, the…

Measles spread in Cebu jail now under control

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 07/04/2014

Cases of measles in Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) is already under control according to the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU-7). RESU 7 Chief Reynan Cimafranca said that for the past two days, the number…

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