Tag: House Bill 3939

NOVEL CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR ELDERLY — ABANTE

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date February 6, 2020
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The vulnerability of the elderly to the 2019 novel corona virus (2019 nCoV) highlights the need for a national health center that specializes in the care of senior citizens. Minority Leader Benny Abante Jr. stressed this on Wednesday in light of the rising death toll as a result of the 2019 nCoV outbreak in China. […]

Tags 2019-nCoV, china, doh, elderly, House Bill 3939, National Center for Geriatric Health and Research Institute Act, NCGHTI, Rep. Benny Abante

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CREATE NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE ELDERLY — ABANTE

Post author By Hazel Chua
Post date September 13, 2019
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Filipinos are vulnerable to health issues at any age. But while the the country has the National Children’s Hospital to address the needs of the young, it does not have a counterpart for the nation’s close to nine million senior citizens. This, stressed Minority Leader and Manila 6th District Rep. Benny Abante Jr., is the […]

Tags geriatric healthcare, House Bill 3939, National Center for Geriatric Health and Research Institute, national geriatric hospital, Rep. Abante, Senior Citizens, The National Center for Geriatric Health and Research Institute Act