DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 September) – The management of Brokenshire Hospital Integrated Health Ministries Inc. said it is eyeing legal action against the person who leaked on social media the gruesome photo of a four-year-old boy who succumbed to meningococcemia last Friday.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 Aug) — The Department of Health in the Davao region is still waiting for results of the examination on the blood samples taken from a four-year old boy who died Friday in a private hospital here
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 March) — South Cotabato officials have expressed alarm on the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which causes the dreaded Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), among high school or secondary students in the province.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/ 28 Nov) – The city government is pushing for the establishment of two more treatment hubs here for people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Dr. Mely Lastimoso, coordinator of
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 28 Nov) – The Department of Health (DOH) has delivered additional vaccines and medicines to an upland village in Malapatan town, Sarangani Province to help contain a continuing suspected measles outbreak that already killed 18
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 16 Nov) – The Department of Health (DOH) has allocated an additional P148 million for the continuing expansion of the Allah Valley Community Hospital in Surallah town in South Cotabato. South Cotabato second district Rep.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 Feb) – The 350-bed Drug Treatment and Rehabilitation Center, launched on December 6, 2016 in Malagos, Davao City, will be completed by May this year, Health Undersecretary Roger P. Tong An said. Tong An said
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 January) – The Department of Health (DOH) – 11 is closely monitoring around 200 children in Davao Region who had been vaccinated with the controversial Dengvaxia produced by Sanofi Pasteur, a French pharmaceutical giant. But
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 12 January) — The Department of Health (DOH) has allocated around P140 million for the construction of more community health facilities this year in parts of South Cotabato province. Deputy House Speaker and South Cotabato
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 April) – The government will open four drug rehabilitation centers in Mindanao in the last quarter of 2017, Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Ubial said Tuesday. Ubial told a press conference at the Royal Mandaya Hotel here that
Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rossel-Ubial joins officials of the Maguindanao provincial hospital during the inauguration of the newly-donated CT scan machine at the provincial hospital in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao on Saturday, December 17, where she announced free hospitalization and medicines
SHARIFF AGUAK, Maguindanao (MindaNews / 17 December) — Poor Filipinos need not worry over hospitalization next year because a budget has been allocated for their hospital needs, Health Secretary Paulyn Jean Rossel-Ubial said. “There’s no need to hold any card
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 July) – Social Welfare Secretary Judy Taguiwalo said there should be a bigger budget allocation for the Department of Health (DOH) to provide easier access and better health services to Filipino indigents. Taguiwalo told a press conference
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 July) – Forty deaths caused by dengue have been reported in Region 11 from January to July 15 this year, the Department of Health regional office said. DOH 11 said there were 4,524 cases recorded as of
SUBIC, Zambales (MindaNews / 15 July) – The tendency of Filipinos to shy away from undergoing tests and engage in behavior that increases the risk of infection has led to the spike in the number of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 December) — Cases of dengue here dropped to 393 from 859 last year, Garosfe Menor, dengue program coordinator of the City Health Office (CHO) said. But Menor urged residents not to take any chances especially
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 October) — The Southern Philippines and Medical Center (SPMC) received on Tuesday afternoon a brand new retinal camera equipment worth USD $125,000 (approximately PhP 5.25 M) to support the efforts of this medical institution to prevent blindness
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 8 Oct) – While dengue outbreaks have been recorded in other parts of the country, Davao City recorded a 40-percent drop with 2,874 cases and four deaths from January to September this year as compared to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 Aug) — Stigma towards persons with HIV/AIDS and the key population vulnerable to the virus remains to be a primary concern in curbing the ever increasing number of reported cases of HIV and AIDS, Senator Teofisto Guingona
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 26 June) — Fifteen more residents of South Cotabato province have tested positive of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), bringing the total incidence in the area to 269. Dr. Rogelio Aturdido Jr., South Cotabato Integrated
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 25 June) – The Department of Health (DOH) has released a P1-million grant to South Cotabato province as incentive for the area’s declaration as filariasis-free nearly two years ago. Dr. Rogelio Aturdido Jr., South Cotabato
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/22 June) – The Department of Health (DOH) in the region called on the public Monday to take care of their kidneys by avoiding salty foods. Dr. Maria Theresa Lorenzo Bad-ang, spokesperson in the region of the DOH’s
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/08 May) — Health personnel here will offer mobile testing services for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as part of the nationwide drive set by the Department of Health (DOH). Dr. Mely Lastimoso, coordinator of the City
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 May) – Three Davao del Sur local government units (LGUs) — Digos City and the towns of Magsaysay and Hagonoy — will be beneficiaries of high impact breakthrough (HIB) programs of the Department of Health (DOH) regional
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 Apr) – The Department of Health is considering the inclusion of malaria measures into the conditionalities of its partnership with the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s conditional cash transfer (CCT), especially for upland communities
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 26 March) – The Department of Health (DOH) has released a P4.8-million grant to Sarangani Province to assist the medical needs of poor residents in the area. Dr. Arvin Alejandro, acting head of the Sarangani
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 March) – The Department of Health in Caraga Region has recorded at least 53 cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in 2014. The DOH said the number has been the highest recorded in the last
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/16 February) — The Department of Health (DOH) has approved the release of around P70 million in grants for the expansion and upgrading of two hospitals in South Cotabato province. Dr. Rogelio Aturdido Jr, South Cotabato Integrated
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 February) — The city government has released around P73 million for the continuing expansion and upgrading of various vital facilities at the city hospital. Dr. Benjamin Pagarigan, city hospital chief, said such funding comprise the local
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/7 February)—At least 100 scholarship slots are available for indigenous peoples (IPs) from the departments of Social Welfare and Development, Agriculture and Health and from the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), an Ata official said. In an
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 31 December) — Police personnel seized around P120,000 worth of illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnics in a series of operations Tuesday afternoon in Polomolok town in South Cotabato and neighboring areas. Insp. Richel Cabuslay, operations chief
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 October) — The Department of Health aims to eliminate rabies nationwide by 2016 instead of 2020, following a directive from Health Secretary Enrique Ona who said the rabies elimination program should be finished by the time President
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 15 Oct) – The Department of Health (DOH) has immunized 871,848 children aged zero to five years old here in Region-IX during the month-long mass immunization against measles and polio. The vaccination was held mainly from
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 22 July) — After nearly a year of delay due to funding problems, the provincial government of South Cotabato is targeting to finally open by next month its provincial hospital annex in Surallah town. South
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/21 July) — The Department of Health (DOH) is planning to pour in as much as P100 million for the expansion and upgrading within the next two years of the South Cotabato Provincial Hospital in Koronadal City.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 14 May) – The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 12 has sought the assistance of laboratories in the United States and Japan to determine the actual cause of the death last month of seven
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – The Department of Health (DOH) is constructing a P270-million medical center in the Zamboanga Sibugay province. Zamboanga Sibugay information officer Roel Paloma said the health facility named as the Zamboanga Sibugay Medical Center
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 April) – A Department of Health official in Region 11 has reported that some of those who received mosquito nets treated with chemicals against malaria and dengue used these for fishing and farming purposes. “We’ve
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/27 April) — Health personnel in Region 12 have recorded nine suspected deaths due to rabies in the first three months of the year. Dr. Teogenes Baluma, Department of Health (DOH) Region 12 director, said the number
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 22 April) – Two residents from this city and one from Sarangani province who were on the Etihad Airlines flight carrying a passenger who initially tested positive of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 2 April) – Fourteen of the city’s sixteen district health centers will get P80-million worth of upgrades to improve their primary health care packages courtesy of the Department of Health. Councilor Mary Joselle Villafuerte, chair of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 March)- This city posted the most number of dengue cases in the Davao Region last year, a Department of Health (DOH) official said. Engr. Antonieta Ebol, DOH Center for Health Development program manager for contagious diseases, said
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/13 March)– Health authorities here are bracing for a possible measles outbreak as suspected cases of the highly contagious viral disease in the area have continued to increase in the last several weeks. Dr. Edgardo Sandig, city
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 23 Jan) – Health personnel here have stepped up their awareness campaign on the deadly rabies infection in the wake of the rising cases of animal bites in the area. Dr. Mely Lastimoso, disease surveillance
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 Jan) – Seventeen individuals tested positive for measles in the Davao Region last December, while Bukidnon also reported six suspected cases among children admitted in hospitals this week, sources said. Divene Hilario, head of health
