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Senator Bong Go warned that poor patients in far-flung areas are deprived of accessible medical services if health infrastructure projects are reduced to “white elephants”. Go, then Vice Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health, sounded the alarm following concerns that some Super Health Centers (SHC) have been constructed but reportedly lack basic utilities such […]
Amid reports that many health facilities remain either incomplete or inoperational due to lack of coordination between the Department of Health (DOH) and local government units (LGUs), Senator Bong Go urged stakeholders to iron out differences for the sake of the poor and those living in remote locations. Go made the appeal during a public […]
As the country ushers in the Christmas holidays, former Davao City lawmaker Karlo Nograles on Sunday stressed the need to provide the city’s health centers and other public places with lifesaving automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to better respond to incidents of heart attack in communities far from hospitals. “Heart disease is the leading cause of […]
Senator Bong Go, head of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, praised the local authorities of Corcuera, Romblon, and the Department of Health (DOH) for the successful groundbreaking of its Super Health Center in Barangay Mahaba recently. In his message, Go emphasized that establishing Super Health Centers nationwide, especially in underprivileged areas, is a […]
Manila Mayor Honey Lacuna encouraged all Manileños to register for PhilHealth citing the benefits it provides. PhilHealth registration is now ongoing in the 44 health centers of Manila’s six districts. “Lahat ng benepisyo ng PhilHealth, maibibigay sa inyo kung registered na po kayo,” Lacuna said. “Kaya pag-uwi niyo ng tahanan, hikayatin niyo pa po ang inyong mga […]