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Here are hospitals that can still accept COVID-19 patients

Posted at Apr 05 12:23 PM

Here’s a list of hospitals that already have their hands full with coronavirus cases, along with other institutions where you can receive treatment. By MAAN D’ASIS PAMARAN Read more »

Why U.S. hospitals see promise in plasma from new coronavirus patients

Deena Beasley, Reuters
Updated as of Apr 04 11:18 PM

U.S. hospitals desperate to help very sick patients with COVID-19, the highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus, are trying a treatment first used in the 1890s that relies on blood plasma donated by recovered patients. Read more »

Private hospitals' group condemns shooting of COVID-19 frontliner in Quezon

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Posted at Apr 03 08:36 PM

MANILA - A group representing some 600 private hospitals in the country on Friday denounced the shooting of a frontline worker against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Candelaria town, Quezon province.   Read more »

As coronavirus rages, Metro Manila private hospitals face shortage of staff, medical supplies

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 07:52 PM

As Luzon entered its 3rd week of the enhanced community quarantine, private hospitals in Metro Manila are facing a shortage of health workers and medical supplies to battle the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a group said Friday. Read more »

Military hospitals should battle COVID-19, says lawmaker

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Updated as of Apr 03 02:35 PM

Military hospitals should take in patients with COVID-19, a lawmaker said Thursday as increasing cases of the respiratory disease bogged down several private hospitals.   Read more »

Bahagi ng isang ospital sa Marikina balak ilaan para sa COVID-19 PUIs

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Updated as of Apr 02 03:51 PM

Target ng pamahalaang lokal ng Marikina na magamit ang 3 palapag ng St. Vincent General Hospital sa lungsod para paglagyan ng mga pasyenteng pinaghihinalaang may 2019 coronavirus disease.   Read more »

PGH eyes regular virus check for its workers, can't use Jack Ma test kits yet

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Posted at Apr 02 10:26 AM

The Philippine General Hospital said Thursday it wanted to regularly screen its workers for COVID-19 and would not be able to use yet thousands of test kits that Chinese billionaire Jack Ma donated. Read more »

Gov't, Medical City deny 'raid' of safety gear for virus fighters

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Updated as of Apr 02 03:39 PM

Malacañang denied Thursday online reports that state forces confiscated private institutions' stash of safety gear for medical workers who treat patients with COVID-19.  Read more »

LOOK: Local architects design Emergency Quarantine Facility for COVID-19 patients

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 01 11:44 PM

This type of Emergency Quarantine Facility can be built in just 4 to 5 days for roughly P350,000.  Read more »

COVID-19 quarantine: Ilang barko planong gawing 'floating hospitals'

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Posted at Mar 31 08:29 PM

May panukala ring gawing floating hospitals ang ilang pampasaherong barko at barko ng Philippine Coast Guard para maibsan ang siksikan sa mga ospital. Nagpa Read more »

Supply of safety gear for PGH virus fighters to run out in 1-2 weeks

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Updated as of Mar 31 08:36 AM

The Philippine General Hospital's current supply of protective gear for its workers tending to patients with the novel coronavirus will only last for 2 weeks at most, its spokesperson said Tuesday. Read more »

Tolentino says DOTr welcomed 'hospital ships' proposal amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Posted at Mar 31 03:44 AM

MANILA -- Sen. Francisco Tolentino said Monday that the transportation department welcomed his proposal to use commercial ships as hospitals. Read more »

Mas pinadaling paghingi ng protective equipment vs COVID-19 ipinanawagan

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Updated as of Mar 30 07:31 PM

Sa ilalim ng mga patakaran ng DOH, kailangan munang ipadala ng mga ospital ang kanilang PPE request sa ahensiya sa pamamagitan ng e-mail.  Read more »

Architects set up quarantine facilities to aid hospitals

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Posted at Mar 29 05:03 PM

A group of architects has begun setting up quarantine facilities to help hospitals in Metro Manila that have been overcrowded with patients due to the spread of the new coronavirus. Read more »

Nearly 600 doctors, nurses volunteer for COVID-19 fight in PH

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Updated as of Mar 29 04:33 PM

Nearly 600 Filipino doctors and nurses have volunteered to support the fight against COVID-19, a health department official said on Saturday. Read more »

Makeshift hospital sa Mandaluyong para sa coronavirus PUIs, PUMs inihahanda na

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Posted at Mar 26 06:44 PM

Para maibsan ang siksikan sa mga ospital sa Mandaluyong, naisip ng lokal na pamahalaan ng siyudad na magpatayo ng isang makeshift hospital para sa mga pasyenteng mino-monitor para sa sakit na coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Read more »

Private hospitals’ group slams Koko Pimentel for quarantine breach

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Posted at Mar 26 05:05 PM

A group representing some 900 private hospitals in the country on Thursday denounced Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, who accompanied his wife to the Makati Medical Center despite carrying the new coronavirus. Read more »

Of 60,000 PPEs ordered, PH doctors group to get only 3,000 for now

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Posted at Mar 26 01:05 PM

The Philippine Medical Association is getting for now only 3,000 out of the 60,000 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) it has ordered for its members across the country who serve on the front line in the battle against the coronavirus outbreak, an official of the group said Wednesday.   Read more »

Physicians' board examinees can still help in hospitals: PHAPI

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Posted at Mar 26 08:49 AM

MANILA -- Board examinees are still welcome to help in hospitals as long as they work under the supervision of licensed doctors, the president of Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines said Thursday. Read more »

Chinese General Hospital di na muna tatanggap ng COVID-19 patients

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Updated as of Mar 25 04:09 PM

Nag-abiso ang pamunuan ng Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center sa Maynila na hindi na muna sila tatanggap ng mga pasyenteng positibo at pinaghihinalaang may coronavirus disease. Read more »