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(Eagle News) — A fire hit a portion of the Philippine General Hospital, TXTFire Philippines said in a Facebook post. The fire reached the third alarm. A Tweet from Senator Richard Gordon said he ordered the dispatch of two Philippine Red Cross firetrucks and and four ambulances to help put out the fire and provide first aid. All in all, he said there were 32 responders from Red Cross at one point. “Our response team […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine General Hospital has warned the public to be wary of suspicious-looking RT-PCR reports. The PGH issued the statement after it received reports of its RT-PCR forms being used to reflect fake negative COVID-19 test results. According to PGH, the authenticity of reports can be verified by sending an email to [email protected]. Earlier, the Philippine National Police vowed to intensify its crackdown on individuals who falsify COVID-19 test results and medical […]
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 […]
PHL rollout begins with medical frontliners, testing czar Dizon also gets Sinovac (Eagle News) — The director of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), Dr. Gerardo “Gap” Legaspi becomes the first person to be given the Sinovac vaccine in the country, as the Philippines begins is vaccination roll-out to defeat COVID-19. Legaspi said that he is also very thankful that vaccines had already arrived in the country. He said even his family members will get […]
PGH director becomes PHL first recipient of COVID-19 vaccine (Eagle News) — The country’s COVID-19 vaccination program officially kicked off on Monday, March 1, with several medical frontliners getting the jabs the government hopes will curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus amid the pandemic. Dr. Gerardo Legaspi, the University of the Philippines’-Philippine General Hospital director, officially became the country’s first recipient of the COVID-19 vaccine, a day after CoronaVac, the vaccine manufactured by Chinese […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang said that the 600,000 doses of Sinovac vaccines from China will be coming this Sunday, Feb. 28, and that health care workers can be vaccinated if they want to. “I have gotten confirmation that we are getting the Sinovac vaccines on Sunday,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace press briefing on Thursday. These 600,000 Sinovac doses that will come on Sunday are all for for free, since these […]
https://youtu.be/jpTLTdIcoDA (Eagle News) –After several months of delay, the Department of Health said that the clinical trial for the anti-flu drug Avigan as a possible treatment for COVID-19 could start this week Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that there are just a few documents being finalized before the actual clinical trial starts. Vergeire said that the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the Avigan trial for UP Manila has already been signed, and that the […]
(Eagle News)–The Philippine General Hospital is looking to hire more medical workers. The PGH, which is one of several COVID-19 referral centers designated by the Department of Health, made the announcement of its emergency hiring in a Facebook post over the weekend. The PGH said it was looking to hire physicians, nurses, medical technologists, respiratory therapists, radiologic technologists, mechanical equipment technicians, nurse attendants, ambulance drivers and administrative assistants. Each contract, the PGH said, is […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Health (DOH) is finalizing preparations to equip the Philippine General Hospital, Lung Center of the Philippines, and Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital as referral hospitals for COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. In an advisory, the DOH said that it is expecting to finalize talks with the UP-PGH today, March 20. “In view of this, the UP-PGH has begun ceasing admission for non-emergency cases to free up wards and […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) indefinitely closed its Out-Patient Department in compliance with the enhanced community quarantine imposed over Luzon. The announcement was made in a statement by Dr. Jonas del Rosario, PGH Coordinator for Public Affairs posted in the Facebook page of the PGH. Included in the closure is the UP-PGH’s Sentro Oftalmologico Jose Rizal (SOJR), a national eye referral center. “Sa mga taong mapapadpad sa OPD, maaari pong […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine General Hospital on Sunday, Aug. 19, stood by the doctor whom Ramon Tulfo accused of negligence after he allegedly failed to treat a child the columnist’s car bumped in Navotas. “We reiterate that at no point was necessary medical intervention withheld from the victim when the child was at the Triage of the ER of PGH. If ever there was any disruption in service to the victim is was directly […]
Today, Atty. Gigi Reyes will be allowed to leave Camp Bagong Diwa in Taguig to visit the Philippine General Hospital. In a resolution issued by the 3rd Division of the Sandiganbayan, the court ordered the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology to bring Reyes to the PGH at 3 in the afternoon. Reyes will undergo magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiogram after she experienced anxiety attacks resulting in bumping her head in her jail […]
