VSMMC to provide medical services to patients in Guba District Hospital

John Carlo Villaruel 12/02/2016

Upon the request of Congressman Raul Del Mar, the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) will be providing additional medical care to the patients of Guba District Hospital. Del Mar together with Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña…

Include Cebu as rehab site

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/28/2016

WITH over 37,000 drug surrenderers recorded, the provincial government urged the Department of Health to include Cebu as a site for building a drug rehabilitation and treatment center. During the inauguration of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical…

Govt docs, staffers dedicated to quality health care for poor

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/26/2016

HEALTH Secretary Paulyn Jean B. Rosell-Ubial said the government’s doctors and medical staffers remain committed to providing quality health care to poor people despite the challenges in resources and controversies confronting them. “I know that a lot…

VSMMC inaugurates new Cath Lab, Neurosurgical ward

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/26/2016

The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) has inaugarated its second Cardiac Catheterization (Cath) Laboratory and Neurosurgical Ward on Saturday morning. The inaugaration was attended by Health Secretary Paulyn Jean B. Rosell-Ubial with regional health officials. A…

Mother files counter-affidavit to contest docs claim

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/27/2016

The pain hasn’t died down for 32-year-old mother Edalane Añosa whose infant son died at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) last June 5. “Sakit kaayo mawad-an og anak. Giampingan namo pag-ayo unya mawala lang (It’s…

Painter is sixth bomb joker jailed

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/22/2016

IT was supposed to be Ismael Momo’s first day at work in a university along Sanciangko Street, Cebu City. Instead Momo, a 29-year-old painter residing in Barangay Guadalupe, also in Cebu City, was arrested by police for…

Bomb jokers now five

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 09/20/2016

THE arrest of a woman at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) brings to five the number of persons arrested for making bomb jokes since Sept. 9. Emily Baclaan, 32, of Barangay Tuyan, Naga City, was…

VSMMC offers free emergency care

Lesley Cara Delos Santos 09/05/2016

The VSMMC issues Hospital Order that makes services from its Emergency Department free and ‘Charged to Bill’ The Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) issued a directive that would make emergency services free and “charged to bill.”…

Dengue at CICC prompts misting operations

Julit C. Jainar 08/17/2016

A CONFIRMED case of dengue at the Cebu International Convention Center (CICC), where thousands of Mandaue City fire victims have temporarily sought shelter, prompted the city’s Health Department to conduct another misting operation there to treat possible…

Eight provincial inmates dead due to illnesses

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/28/2016

EIGHT inmates in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) died this month due to cardiopulmonary illness. Another two deaths were recorded last month. CPDRC records showed that most inmates were having difficulty breathing before they…

Capitol workers need to be trained in disaster management

Carmel Loise Matus 07/22/2016

CAPITOL employees need to be properly trained not only in first aid but also in disaster management, so that they will know what to do in the aftermath of a disaster, even without the presence of first…

Carcar mall worker dies after bike rams multicab

Carmel Loise Matus 07/09/2016

AN employee of a mall in Carcar City died, while his companion suffered injuries after the motorcycle they were riding hit a multicab yesterday morning in San Fernando town, southern Cebu. SPO1 Francisco Salubre, desk officer of…

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