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Department of Health in Region 6 announced that there are 68 new Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Western Visayas, with one additional death. In a press conference on Wednesday, …
DOH: 68 new COVID cases, 1 death in Western Visayas Read More
Department of Health in Region 6 – Western Visayas reported Sunday that there are 91 new Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, the highest tally in one day. In COVID-19 Case …
DOH-6 records highest single-day COVID-19 cases at 91 Read More
Department of Health in Western Visayas announced that they are now in need of 110 nurses to work as disease surveillance officers in the region. Accepted nurses will receive salary …
DOH-6 hiring 110 nurses as disease surveillance officers, salary at P22,316 Read More
Maintaining social distance and wearing face masks are now the new norm. However, health authorities have long emphasized proper hand hygiene practices as the key to reducing the transmission of …
Megaworld Lifestyle Malls partners with Safeguard to promote Proper Hand Hygiene Read More
One of the health workers in Alimodian, Iloilo who tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) did not follow protocols and infected seven family members. Dr. Jessie Glen Alonsabe, regional …
COVID-19 positive health worker in Alimodian breaches protocol, infects 7 family members Read More
With the country grappling with the devastating effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the provinces of Negros Occidental and Iloilo have seen their local officials exert all efforts to mitigate …
Coca-Cola rolls out COVID-19 relief efforts in Iloilo and Negros Occidental Read More
Six medical doctors working in a private hospital in Iloilo City tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to Mayor Jerry P. Treñas. In a post from his official …
Treñas: 6 doctors in Iloilo City private hospital positive for COVID-19 Read More
A group of government physicians under the ‘Doctors to the Barrios’ (DTTB) program of Department of Health expressed their dismay on the directive to transfer rural health physicians in Region …
‘Doctors to the Barrios’ condemn transfer of rural health physicians to Cebu private hospitals Read More Department of Health Center for Health Development in Western Visayas announced the hiring of registered nurses to be deployed as Disease Surveillance Officers (DSOs) all over the region. In a …
DOH-6 hiring nurses, salary at P26,779 Read More
President Rodrigo Duterte gave Department of Health (DOH) until June 9 to compensate health workers who died or severely ill due to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). In an online press …
Duterte ‘angry, frustrated’ at DOH for not giving compensation to health workers with COVID-19 Read More