In the whole of Western Visayas, there are already 92 medical frontliners who tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to Dr. Renilyn Reyes, spokesperson of Department of Health Regional Office 6, the breakdown of the medical frontliners who contracted the…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 epidemiologist of Department of Health Center for Health Development Western Visayas, revealed…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 briefing in Malacañan Palace, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that the President…Read More »
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), except health care workers covered by the deployment ban, are now allowed to work abroad, Malacañang announced on Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was among the approved guidelines under the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management…Read More »
President Rodrigo Duterte is weighing on the legality of stopping the migration of health workers in the frontlines of the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. In a taped public address aired late Monday night, Duterte said he would discuss…Read More »
The Philippine Army announced vacancies for registered medical technologists, radiologic technologists and respiratory therapists. Those accepted will receive a monthly salary of P37,838.00. In its official Facebook page, Philippine Army said that they are now recruiting these health workers for immediate Special…Read More »
Department of Health (DOH) reported on Wednesday, April 22 that there already over a thousand health workers infected with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). In a virtual presser, Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire confirmed that there are 1,062 healthcare workers who were tested…Read More »
Another Ilongga health worker abroad, this time in Ontario, Canada, succumbed to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) which she contracted in the facility that she was working in. The 54-year-old Christine Bacalocos Mandegarian, who hailed from Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo, was a personal support…Read More »
SM distributed over P170 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and medical supplies to over 50 hospitals nationwide. The donation made through SM Foundation has surpassed its initial allocation of P100 million. Through SM Foundation, SM is donating over PhP 170…Read More »
San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is tapping its global network of suppliers to purchase P500-million worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) that doctors, nurses and other health care workers desperately need now to continue saving lives amid Covid-19. “It’s very crucial that we…Read More »