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HOUSE PUSHES FOR STRONGER HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

The House Committee on Appropriations chaired by AKO BICOL party-list Representative Zaldy Co held a briefing on the P301-billion proposed budget of the Department of Health (DOH), together with its attached agencies and corporations, for the Fiscal Year 2023. At the onset, Co recognized that the DOH would continue to play an indispensable role as […]

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DUTERTE SIGNS LAWS FOR NEW GOV’T HOSPITALS – GO

Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography Bong Go lauded President Rodrigo Duterte for signing into law 11 bills, which the former sponsored in the Senate, seeking to establish and improve Department of Health-run hospitals. These measures will help improve the capacity of the public healthcare system in the respective communities […]

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VILLANUEVA: WHAT PLAN FOR NCR’S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?

Senator Joel Villanueva is asking the Department of Health to bare its plan to manage the stress in Metro Manila’s healthcare system as hospitals in the capital region contend with overflow capacity and overstretched manpower. Villanueva, chair of the Senate labor committee, said the government’s crisis managers should consider regrouping and have a “level-headed” assessment […]