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Gov’t also notes decreasing health care utization rate this month (Eagle News) – Philippine officials noted the continuing decrease in the health care utilization rate this month for COVID-19 cases. At the same time, they observed that those who are being intubated in intensive care units in hospitals are mostly unvaccinated people. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana noted this in his report to President Rodrigo Duterte in his latest “Talk to the People” this week. “Napag-alamang […]
Hospital situation already “very worrisome” as increasing number of hospital staff placed on quarantine due to COVID, notes NTF deputy chief implementer Dizon President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over a meeting with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) core members prior to his talk to the people at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City on September 22, 2021. ARMAN BAYLON/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte […]
Percentage of COVID deaths go down to 1.57 percent (Eagle News) – Another 20,745 new COVID-19 cases were added to the Philippines’ tally on Monday, Sept. 13, bringing the total active cases to 180,293, the Department of Health’s latest data showed. The good news is that this is lower than Sunday’s count of active cases of 181,951. The percentage of active cases even went down to 8 percent from the previous 8.2 percent. New […]
(Eagle News) — Former President Joseph Estrada is now “feeling better” even as he was returned to a hospital’s intensive care unit due to a lung infection. This is according to his son, former Senator Jinggoy Estrada, who issued another medical bulletin late Saturday night. According to the former senator, his father was still on oxygen support but “continues to be alert and oriented.” He said the former president’s “medications for blood pressure support are being […]
by Allison Jackson and Cecil Morella Agence France Presse Angelo Barrera’s father struggled to breathe from Covid-19 as he was driven around the Philippine capital in search of a hospital bed. After five hours he got on a waitlist, but died before he could get inside. More contagious variants of the coronavirus have been blamed for a record surge in infections in Metro Manila that has overstretched hospitals and sent the national capital region into […]
PGH appeals for public to strictly observe health protocols to prevent further infections https://youtu.be/QcTPSQR6jVE (Eagle News) – The Philippine General Hospital said that around 80 percent of its COVID-19 hospital beds are now occupied, and its ICU beds are also all occupied. Dr. Jonas del Rosario, PGH Spokesperson, said that the PGH is not yet overwhelmed with cases, but they are concerned because this high occupancy rate is the highest they had in four […]
(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 […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago was rushed to the Makati Medical Center and is now in the hospital’s intensive care unit because of complications due to the advanced stage (stage 4) of her lung cancer. According to information provided by the senator’s husband, retired Gen. Narciso “Jun” Santiago, she was brought to the hospital on Monday but it was only on Tuesday night that she was placed in the ICU. There had […]
