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Number of COVID-related patients increases in hospitals after holiday season

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 11 09:38 PM

The number of COVID-related patients rose in some hospitals after the holiday festivities, but remain within “manageable” levels. Read more »

ICUs clogged on the way in, morgues on the way out in California's COVID crisis

Lucy Nicholson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 11:49 AM

Southern California is so overwhelmed with coronavirus cases that patients are backed up trying to get into hospitals, and corpses get stuck in another logjam once they leave.   Read more »

Kahit may pandemya, mga ospital handa na umano para sa firework injuries

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 06:45 PM

Bukod sa mga posibleng mapinsala ng paputok, binabantayan din ng mga ospital ang banta ng COVID-19.  Read more »

COVID-19 patient bludgeoned to death in California hospital

Concepción de León, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 25 09:37 PM

An 82-year-old man who was being treated for COVID-19 at a hospital north of Los Angeles was bludgeoned to death with an oxygen tank last week by his roommate, authorities said. Read more »

US under siege from COVID-19 as hospitals overwhelmed before holidays

Susan Heavey and Gabriella Borter, Reuters
Posted at Dec 23 10:19 AM

Americans were warned again on Tuesday not to travel for Christmas as the latest COVID-19 surge left hospitals struggling to find beds for the sick and political leaders imposed restrictions to try to curb new infections, making for a grim holiday season. Read more »

COVID-19 cases sa bansa 'pumatag', pero publiko di dapat kampante: eksperto

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 06:24 PM

Naghahanda na sa posibleng pagsipa ng kaso ng COVID-19 ang mga doktor ngayong holiday season.  Read more »

Private hospitals, PhilHealth in talks to settle delayed payments

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 27 09:07 AM

A group of private hospitals said Friday they were experiencing slow release of COVID-19 reimbursements from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). Read more »

Duterte signs 7 hospital bills as COVID-19 pandemic persists

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 06:48 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has approved 7 laws that would upgrade hospitals and establish a provincial medical facility, as the country sought to contain the novel coronavirus.  Read more »

Bello urges nurses of upscale hospitals to 'go on strike' amid alleged 'exploitation'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 05:51 PM

Nurses in the private sector, especially those working in 5-star hospitals, should go on strike, according to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III, in order to "raise the value of [their] profession" amid exploitation in the healthcare industry.  Read more »

More beds, One Hospital Command set up in Baguio to decongest COVID-19 wards

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 20 08:35 PM

With Baguio’s hospitals reaching “high risk” levels because of COVID-19 bed occupancy, the Department of Health on Friday said measures are now in place to decongest them. Read more »

DOH: 8 health facilities in Bicol damaged by Rolly

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 04 04:06 PM

Eight health facilities in the Bicol region were damaged during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Rolly, the Department of Health (DOH) said Wednesday. Read more »

Ransomware surge imperils hospitals as pandemic intensifies

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 01:58 PM

Hackers are stepping up attacks on health care systems with ransomware in the United States and other countries, creating new risks for medical care as the global coronavirus pandemic accelerates.    Read more »

PhilHealth di pa umano bayad sa P3-B claims ng private hospitals

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 08:46 PM

Nangangamba ang grupo ng mga pribadong ospital na posibleng magsara ang ilan sa kanila dahil sa pagkalugi. Read more »

Mga doktor hinikayat na mag-apply sa mga ospital

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 08:35 PM

Hinikayat ng Department of Health at Philippine Medical Association ang mga doktor na mag-apply sa mga opsital, lalo't nakararanas ng bahagyang kakulangan sa mga manggagamot ngayong panahon ng pandemya.  Read more »

Hontiveros questions P2-B budget cut for 33 gov't hospitals under 2021 budget

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 10:54 AM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Thursday flagged a P2-billion decrease in the 2021 budget of 33 national and regional government hospitals, saying this could slow down the country's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Malacañang's proposed ‘rest’ for health frontliners 'not yet feasible': group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 01:07 PM

Philippine Hospital Association President Dr. Jaime Almora said apart from attending to patients infected with COVID-19, medical frontliners also need to respond to the increasing number of non-coronavirus cases like heart attacks and strokes.  Read more »

Robredo wants kidney, cancer patients in safer facilities amid pandemic

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 10:39 PM

MANILA - Amid the pandemic, there are still non-coronavirus but critically ill patients, who still need treatment and are still admitted in hospital but are at risk of contracting COVID-19 in the Philippines, Vice President Leni Robredo said Monday. Read more »

PHAPi’s ‘warrior-leader’ Dr. Rustico Jimenez, passes away

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 08 06:59 PM

MANILA - The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PHAPI) lost its ‘warrior-leader’ Dr. Rustico Jimenez, whose death was confirmed by his daughter on Thursday morning. Read more »

Galvez urges Batangas to send self-isolating COVID patients to quarantine facilities

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 24 10:00 PM

MANILA - The chief implementer of the country's pandemic response strategy on Wednesday expressed alarm over data showing that more than 77 percent of COVID-19 positive individuals in Batangas are quarantined at home. Read more »

Umento sa sahod ng private hospital nurses ipapanukala ng DOLE

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 07:26 PM

Maghahain umano ang DOLE ng panukala para taasan ang sahod ng mga nurse sa pribadong sektor. Read more »