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NCR hospital situation improves as COVID-19 cases ease

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 04:50 PM

The implementation of the new alert level system and granular lockdowns has done much to improve the health care utilization rate of Metro Manila. Read more »

DOH: One Hospital Command Center transactions bumababa

Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 07 02:33 AM

Samantala, lumuluwag na rin umano ang ilang Metro Manila hospitals at hindi na nangangailangan pa ng dagdag na health workers. Read more »

COVID-19 referral system says getting fewer calls

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 01 02:45 PM

The country's COVID-19 referral said on Friday it was receiving slightly fewer calls for help in securing hospital admission. Read more »

Home care package alok sa mild COVID-19 cases

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 08 08:00 PM

Para maibsan ang dami ng mga pasyente sa mga ospital, nag-aalok ang gobyerno ng home care package para sa mga pasyenteng may mild symptoms ng COVID-19. Read more »

PH offers home care packages for COVID patients

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 10:56 AM

The country's COVID-19 hospital referral system on Tuesday said it is struggling to find hospital beds for patients amid the surge in infections. Read more »

DOH: Bed capacity in many NCR hospitals on high risk

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 28 02:58 PM

COVID-19 bed capacity in nearly half of Metro Manila's hospitals are on high risk as infections rise due to the highly infectious Delta variant. Read more »

Calls to COVID-19 referral center spike

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 27 01:06 PM

The Philippine COVID-19 referral system said on Friday it was receiving about 500 calls for help daily, as coronavirus infections soared. Read more »

One Hospital Command Center head positive for COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 12:13 PM

The operations manager of the One Hospital Command Center has tested positive for COVID-19. Read more »

Occupancy rate sa ilang ospital sa NCR 'moderate to critical'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 07:50 PM

Nasa moderate hanggang kritikal na ang occupancy rate ng NCR dahil sa dami ng COVID-19 patients sa Kamaynilaan. Read more »

Philippines upgrades COVID-19 hospital referral system after complaints, says official

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 16 03:38 PM

The national government has improved its centralized hospital occupancy monitoring system for COVID-19 cases, a health official said Wednesday, months after the hotline was flooded with complaints. Read more »

Command center eyes better COVID-19 hospital referral by mid-May

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 03 07:02 PM

The One Hospital Command Center said on Monday it eyed giving better service to patients with COVID-19, in terms of their referral to medical facilities.    Read more »

Pila sa COVID-19 beds nabawasan pero di dahil kumaunti ang pasyente

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 10:58 PM

Ayon sa One Hospital Command Center, naiayos na raw ang sistema kaya di na gaanong naghihintay ang mga ia-admit. Read more »

Queues in some 'NCR Plus' hospitals easing: PHAPI

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 16 07:37 PM

PHAPI's President Dr. Jose Rene De Grano, in a virtual interview on Friday, said the seeming relaxing of queues in health facilities might be due to the expanded teleconsultation lines of both government and private hospitals.  Read more »

Malacañang says public hospitals not turning away COVID-19 cases

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 08:09 PM

In a statement far removed from the realities on the ground, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque denied that public hospitals are not turning away COVID-19 patients even as they are already at full capacity.  Read more »

'One Hospital Command Center' flooded with complaints amid COVID-19 pandemic

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 14 10:52 PM

The Philippines' COVID-19 treatment chief appeals to the public to give authorities time to improve the country's hospital referral system. Read more »

Gobyerno humingi ng 2 linggo para maayos gusot sa One Hospital Command

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 14 09:04 PM

Sabi naman ni OHCC operations manager Dr. Bernadette Velasco, maging sila ay nabulaga sa dami ng tawag na natatanggap magmula ng magkaroon ng bagong surge.    Read more »

DOH, BPO partnership urged to boost country's COVID-19 hospital referral hotline

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 07 06:55 PM

Sen. Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday called on the Department of Health (DOH) to seek aid from the Philippines' top business process outsourcing (BPO) companies to boost the capacity of the government's centralized hospital referral hotline. Read more »

'Ilang araw bago na-admit': Anak idinetalye ang kalbaryo ng amang pumanaw sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 31 09:46 PM

Ayon kay Health Undersecretary at treatment czar Leopoldo Vega, nakakaalarma na ang hawahan ngayon.  Read more »

System for COVID-19 hospital referral 'very basic', needs improvement: treatment czar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 02:22 PM

The One Hospital Command Center's system for the facility referral of COVID-19 patients is "very basic" and needs improvement, its its head said on Tuesday, as the Philippines battled a surge in coronavirus infections.   Read more »

DOH to add more hotlines as calls swamp One Hospital Command amid COVID surge

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 01:48 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Friday admitted that its One Hospital Command hotline has been overwhelmed with calls recently due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, especially in Metro Manila.   Read more »