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Doctor becomes lawyer to pursue dream of pushing health reforms in PH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 07:45 PM

Like many medical students, interning at the Philippine General Hospital was a wake-up call for Lee Edson Yarcia. The hospital was always running short on supplies and beds as it accommodated as many patients as possible.  Read more »

Batas para gawing abot-kaya ang pagpapagamot ng cancer, pirmado na

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 01:23 AM

Pinirmahan na ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang National Integrated Cancer Control Act. Read more »

PGH, iimbestigahan ang sumbong ng mag-asawang di pinapasok sa ER

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 11 06:59 PM

Iimbestigahan ng Philippine General Hospital ang isang insidente kung saan tumanggi umano ang kanilang mga guwardiya na papasukin sa emergency room ang lalaki at asawa nito na pasyente. Read more »

PGH says emergency room renovation will be finished 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 11:36 PM

The Philippine General Hospital is appealing to patients with no life-threatening cases to stop seeking treatment in its emergency room for now due to ongoing renovations there. Read more »

Makeshift ER ng PGH, di kinakaya ang dagsa ng pasyente

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 04 10:46 PM

Patuloy ang pagdagsa ng mga pasyente sa Philippine General Hospital kaya punuan ang makeshift o pansamantalang emergency room ng ospital. Read more »

PGH's makeshift emergency room bows under patient influx - official

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 04 12:12 PM

"Kung pupuwede po, kung hindi po talaga malubha ang inyong kalagayaan, huwag na po kayong pumunta sa PGH," the doctor said.  Read more »

'Righteous indignation,' Mon Tulfo says of PGH outburst

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 25 12:20 PM

Tulfo wrote in the Philippine Daily Inquirer that the doctor who "refused" to attend to the girl was insisting on hospital policy against taking video of patients. Read more »

Kapos na MMDA, inalok ng pamasahe ang pa-PGH na matanda

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 24 06:57 PM

Kapos man, nagawa pa ring ibigay ng isang MMDA enforcer sa Alabang ang kaniyang perang pangkain para lamang may pamasahe ang isang matandang magpapagamot sana sa Maynila.  Read more »

Gov't health workers protest 'contractualization'

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 09 04:39 PM

Members of All-UP Workers’ Alliance and Alliance of Contractual Employees-UP Manila hold a protest in front of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) on Monday. Read more »

300 motorcycle riders nakiisa sa 'Ride Against Cancer' ng PNP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 24 09:17 AM

Tinatayang aabot sa 300 ang mga motorcycle rider na umaraangkada ngayong Linggo para sa kampanya laban sa cancer sa pangunguna ni Philippine National Police director general Oscar Albayalde. Read more »

Emergency Room ng PGH sarado na

Zhander Cayabyab, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 02 12:02 PM

MAYNILA – Sarado ang emergency room ng Philippine General Hospital (PGH) sa Taft Avenue, Maynila. Read more »

Pagkumpuni sa ER ng PGH tatagal ng 10-buwan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 05:43 PM

MANILA - Tatagal ng 10 buwan ang pagkukumpuni sa emergency room ng Philippine General Hospital (PGH), ayon sa tagapagsalita nito.    Read more »

Emergency room ng PGH, sarado simula Hunyo 1

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 23 08:28 PM

Isasagawa na ang itinakdang renovation o pagsasaayos sa ER na halos 10 taon na rin mula noong huling isaayos. Read more »

PGH emergency room closed starting June 1

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 22 08:00 PM

The emergency room of state-run Philippine General Hospital (PGH) will be closed starting June 1 for renovation, the hospital announced Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte tells gov't agencies to cooperate in Dengvaxia probe

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 28 10:25 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte wants government agencies to cooperate with each other in investigating a scrapped P3.5-billion anti-dengue vaccination program, his spokesperson said Wednesday.  Read more »

Duque, pinaliwanag ang pag-imbestiga ng foreign experts sa Dengvaxia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 22 11:01 PM

Pinaliwanag ni Health Secretary Francisco Duque III ang desisyon ng kanilang ahensiya na kumuha ng mga foreign expert para mag-imbestiga rin hinggil sa Dengvaxia. Read more »

PAO, naniniwalang 'conclusive' ang pagsisiyasat sa Dengvaxia

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 15 01:35 PM

Naniniwala ang Public Attorney's Office na "conclusive" na ang kanilang pagsisiyasat ukol sa mga batang naturukan ng Dengvaxia at kalauna'y pumanaw. Read more »

PAO, di kukuha ng dayuhang eksperto para sa pagsisiyasat sa Dengvaxia

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 12 11:17 AM

Iginiit ni Public Attorney's Office chief Persida Acosta na walang sinabi sa kaniya si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na kumuha ng foreign pathologist dahil buo aniya ang tiwala ni Duterte sa PAO forensic team.  Read more »

Ayudang medikal, ipinanawagan para sa mga naturukan ng Dengvaxia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 11:56 PM

Nagtipon ang ilang health worker at magulang sa tapat ng UP-PGH para ipanawagang managot ang mga sangkot sa kontrobersiya sa Dengvaxia. Read more »

UP-PGH, tiniyak ang patas na imbestigasyon sa Dengvaxia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 11:29 PM

Nakikipag-ugnayan na ang Department of Health sa Department of Justice para sa pathological analysis ng mga namatay na bata na nabakunahan ng Dengvaxia. Read more »