Botched baby delivery

Editorial 06/23/2016

It will be the word of the couple Edalene and Roldan Añosa against the staff of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) who, despite her doctor’s advice, insisted on a normal delivery for their baby son…

Autopsy for John Niño

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/17/2016

THE family of an infant who died during birth at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) is bent on pursuing criminal charges against the government-run hospital even if it means exhuming the remains of their baby…

Police want autopsy on couple’s son

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/16/2016

The Cebu City Police Office is asking the couple who filed a complaint against the doctors and staff of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to allow them to conduct an autopsy on their son who died…

Police asked to probe VSMMC staff

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/15/2016

The couple who lost a son at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) asked the Cebu City police to investigate the doctors and staff that they blamed for his death. Edalene Añosa and husband Roldan told…

Couple files complaint against VSMMC doctors, staff

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 06/15/2016

THE couple Roldan and Edalene Añosa filed a complaint at the Women’s Desk of the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) against the doctors and staff of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) on Wednesday for the…

VSMMC blamed for infant’s death

Carmel Loise Matus, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/14/2016

A mother who expected to deliver her baby by cesarean section but was allegedly advised by the staff of Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) to opt for a normal delivery instead is now blaming the government-run…

Newborn baby abandoned, found in Daanbantayan

Victor Anthony V. Silva 05/27/2016

AT 6 A.M. each day, Tephanie Niña Dublin, 25, would bring their family’s goat to graze outside their home in Barangay Maya, Daanbantayan in northern Cebu. A break in her daily routine happened last Wednesday morning when…

PNP, hospital execs to discuss police access to Cebu hospitals

Margarette Managaytay 05/25/2016

Top police officials and executives of tertiary hospitals in Metro Cebu are set to meet tomorrow to discuss concerns involving the access of police investigators to hospitals when responding to crimes or when investigating injured crime suspects…

Sotto’s outpatient dept closed for renovation

Doris C. Bongcac 05/16/2016

THE outpatient department of the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (DVSMMC) will be closed for renovation starting today and in the next six to eight months. The hospital management issued a press statement yesterday afternoon to advise…

New four-story building to add 120 beds to VSMMC

Julit C. Jainar 05/02/2016

THE Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) will have at least 100 more beds with the expected completion of the new four-story Sotto hospital Cebu City North District building. Dr. Gerardo Aquino, VSMMC medical chief, said he…

Youth group presents proposals to Davide, Magpale

Carmel Loise Matus 04/24/2016

THE improvement of hospitals in different provincial government-owned and operated hospitals to decongest Vicente Sotto Medical Memorial Center (VSMMC), health care programs in the province and Youth Farm Project for livelihood program are among the issues and…

‘Readiness needs improvement’

Apple Ta-as, Izobelle T. Pulgo, Nestle Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 04/21/2016

With sirens blaring at 9 a.m., hospital and local government employees in Cebu took part in the nationwide earthquake emergency drill yesterday. At the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC), doctors, nurses and even visitors rushed out…

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