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DBM releases P500-M to DOH for 2023 cancer fund

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 05:31 PM

The Department of Budget and Management has released P500 million to the Department of Health for the 2023 Cancer Assistance Fund. Read more »

DLSU engineers develop robotic device for post-stroke rehab

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 23 07:00 PM

The project which is currently in clinical trials has secured a patent not only from the Philippines but also its first international patent from Singapore. Read more »

Ronnie Liang celebrates birthday with cancer patients

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 11:45 AM

Singer and actor Ronnie Liang resumed his tradition of celebrating his birthday with the young cancer patients at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: January 16, 2023

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 11:50 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Fil-Am led nonprofit holds fashion show fundraiser for cancer patients

Monica Galozo | TFC News Falls Church, Virginia
Posted at Oct 18 08:40 PM

Some of the designers’ creations were worn and modeled by cancer warriors, cancer survivors, and family members of cancer patients. Read more »

DOH: Cancer Assistance Fund now operational

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 08:12 PM

A fund that will help cancer patients get free medicine and treatment is finally operational, the Department of Health announced Friday. Read more »

PhilHealth expands dialysis benefits, coverage for 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 05 01:46 PM

PhilHealth previously only offered 94 hemodialysis sessions, but this has been increased to 144 sessions for this 2022. Read more »

PGH pauses elective procedures, adds more ward beds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 07 01:41 PM

The PGH has suspended elective procedures and added more ward beds after its emergency room reached overcapacity, its spokesperson said. Read more »

Comelec: No need for unvaxxed voters to show negative RT-PCR

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 30 02:20 PM

In a prior media briefing, Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said unvaccinated people may be asked to vote in isolation polling places. Read more »

Comelec assures COVID-19 patients can still vote

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 29 10:25 AM

The Comelec said it is not the poll body's policy to turn away voters when they show up to cast their ballot. Read more »

More persons become diabetic after COVID illness: group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 31 03:20 PM

More persons became diabetic after getting infected with COVID-19, the Philippine Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (PSEDM) said Thursday. Read more »

COVID patients more likely to develop heart problems: study

Zhuang Pinghui, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Feb 09 08:27 PM

People who have had COVID-19 are at higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, and it can happen a year after infection, according to a US study. Read more »

VIRAL: Buhok ng bata, ginupit at ibinigay sa cancer patients

Cielo Gonzales, Bayan Mo Ipatrol Mo
Updated as of Jan 12 09:01 PM

Nasa 20 inches na haba ng buhok ang na-donate na mula sa ginupit na buhok ng 5 taong gulang na bata Read more »

Hospital admissions rise in St. Luke's, EAMC due to COVID

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 08:42 PM

The number of COVID-19 patients confined at the two hospitals of the St. Luke's Medical Center and at the East Avenue Medical Center has increased starting at the turn of the year, officials of the two facilities said Monday. Read more »

PGH seeing ‘steady increase’ in COVID patient numbers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 01 12:04 PM

The PGH has been admitting an average of 6 to 8 patients with COVID-19 of varying severity since Christmas Day, its spokesperson said on Saturday. Read more »

Halving isolation period 'too early' in light of omicron threat

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 12:30 PM

It is still 'too early' to shorten isolation period for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in light of the threat of the omicron variant, the DOH said. Read more »

Secret Myanmar clinics treat COVID patients

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 27 05:49 PM

A handful of Myanmar nurses hiding from the junta have been running makeshift clinics to treat Covid patients and resistance fighters with medicine smuggled past military checkpoints. Read more »

PGH records lowest number of COVID patients in a year

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 10:36 AM

The Philippine General Hospital will to non-COVID patients as it recorded its lowest number of virus patients in more than a year, its spokesman said Friday. Read more »

Ilang ospital nagtaas ng kapasidad para sa non-COVID patients

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 02 08:26 PM

Tinataasan ngayon ng mga ospital ang kapasidad nila para sa mga non-COVID patient kasabay ng pagkaunti ng mga tinatamaan ng COVID-19. Read more »

Dutch COVID-19 patients transferred to Germany

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 25 04:21 AM

One patient was transferred by ambulance from Rotterdam to a hospital in Bochum, some 240 km east, on Tuesday morning Read more »