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BEIJING, China (AFP) — China is rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak that has stricken hundreds of people, state media reported Friday. The facility in the central city of Wuhan is expected to be in use by February 3 to serve a rising number of patients infected by a coronavirus that has left at least 26 people dead […]
KANGAROO ISLAND, Australia (AFP) – Dozens of injured koalas arrive at the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park’s makeshift animal hospital each day in cat carriers, washing baskets or clinging to wildlife carers. Injured in bushfires that have ravaged the wildlife haven off the coast of South Australia state, there are so many marsupials currently requiring urgent treatment that carers don’t have time to give them names — they are simply referred to by a number. Among […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Noynoy Aquino has been discharged from the hospital. Aquino’s spokesperson Abigail Valte said the former president was discharged from the Makati Medical Center today, Dec. 17. He had been confined to the hospital supposedly for a comprehensive checkup on Dec. 9. It was Valte who made the clarification, following reports then that Aquino had been admitted to the hospital due to a heart attack. Valte admitted Aquino stayed in the […]
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AFP) — A gunman opened fire Tuesday in a hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava, killing six people, the prime minister said. “There were four dead and two injured people who unfortunately died too,” Prime Minister Andrej Babis told the public Czech Television. The gunman is still at large, police said. Police have published a picture of the alleged suspect on Twitter, showing a man with receding ginger hair […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — A massive fire at the oldest hospital in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa forced the evacuation of around 100 patients late Tuesday, the police and Kenyan Red Cross said. Coast regional police commander Rashid Yakub said: “We have established that fire started as a result of a gas cylinder that exploded”. “But luckily we have no casualties because all patients and staff were evacuated in time,” he said. Kenya Red […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is seen visiting his daughter Veronica in this picture posted on her Instagram account. He reportedly went straight to hospital from the airport upon arrival from Russia after learning she had been confined due to dengue. Veronica is on her way to recovery, Senator Bong Go said.
(Eagle News)–Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is in a hospital due to “stress-related fatigue.” Lorenzana, 70, himself confirmed he was at the Veterans Memorial Medical Center as he denied reports he had been hospitalized due to cardiac arrest. He called the reports an “exaggeration.” “The doctors are just forcing me to rest. rest,” he said, noting that he was “undergoing executive checkup.” “I will be out in a day or two,” he said. “Thanks for your […]
(Eagle News) — Anim na water tanker ang ipakakalat sa mga ospital sa Metro Manila ng Philippine Red Cross (PRC). Ito’y matapos humingi ng katiyakan ang Department Of Health(DOH) sa mga water service provider na hindi magkakaroon ng krisis sa tubig sa mga pagamutan. Ayon kay PRC Chairman Sen. Richard Gordon, maaari silang makatulong sa pangangailangan sa tubig sa mga ospital dahil sa kanilang mga water tanker na kayang maka-suplay sa high pressure water system. […]
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro was in hospital in Sao Paulo on Sunday for surgery to remove a colostomy bag put in after he was attacked by a man with a knife during his election campaign. His spokesman, General Otavio Santana do Rego Barros, said Saturday that Bolsonaro would be operated on Monday, after which he would be on strict bed rest for two days. Vice President Hamilton Mourao will assume […]
(Eagle News) — Surigao del Sur Gov. Vicente Pimentel Jr. has died. He was 71 years old. According to his family, Pimentel died in his sleep on Tuesday, Dec. 25, a day after he checked out from the hospital. Details about his wake have yet to be announced.
(Eagle News) — The Senate on Monday, Dec. 10, ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the Universal Health Care bill that seeks to provide affordable healthcare access to all Filipinos. “The UHC Bill is only one step closer to becoming a law. Once enacted, all Filipinos will be covered by the PhilHealth,” Villanueva said. Senator JV Ejercito, chair of the Senate health committee and author of the bill, expressed hope President Rodrigo Duterte would […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German nurse Niels Hoegel, already serving a lengthy term for previous killings, will go on trial before anguished relatives Tuesday over the murders of around 100 more people — a spree prosecutors say is unprecedented in the post-war period. The 41-year-old is accused of intentionally administering medical overdoses to patients in his care in order to be able to bring them back to life at the last moment. He rarely […]
