IKOT.PH
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross, has authorized the delivery of consumables to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) to ensure that the health research facility will continue testing for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) without delay. “The more people are tested quickly, the sooner we would be able […]
Amid the rising number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) positive cases, Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), welcomed the accreditation of the PRC’s bio-molecular laboratories in Subic and Clark as the additional facilities will boost the PRC’s testing capacity. Gordon said the two laboratories will be formally opened since they […]
With the world commemorating World Blood Donors’ Day recently, Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), has renewed his call for more blood donors, reiterating the need for blood amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Gordon stressed the need for blood donors because as country faces a shortage of […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), said the Philippines will be stronger, healthwise, after the coronavirus pandemic because of the bio-molecular laboratories opened by the PRC to ensure victory over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Gordon, head of the only Red Cross Society in the world which has the distinction […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), expressed optimism that the PRC’s COVID-19 testing capacity will be enhanced by the opening of a coronavirus testing center in Cagayan De Oro, which will be built through the generosity of Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare Philippines, Inc. (Lysol Philippines). Gordon recently received the donation […]
Senator Dick Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) said a special desk has been designated at the PRC’s coronavirus disease (COVID -19) call center for follow-ups on test results. Gordon said this is to ensure that the results will reach the person who was tested at the earliest possible time, noting […]
Another bio-molecular laboratory will be set up by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) after it signed a Conditional Deed of Donation with the Filipino-Chinese Community Calamity Fund (FCCCF) for the latter’s support for the PRC’s efforts in fighting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic through a cash donation amounting to P15 million. According to PRC Chairman […]
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC), in partnership with Teleradyo of ABS-CBN Corporation recently launched “Lingkod Aksyon Para sa Kapamilya,” a weekly program to be hosted by PRC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Senator Dick Gordon and journalist Henry Omaga-Diaz. The program aims to inform the public of the current events and engage them in […]
Following the pronouncement of a World Health Organization (WHO) official that the novel coronavirus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 or COVID 19 could become endemic like the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Senator Dick Gordon again raised the need for testing. Gordon, chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), said that until a […]
As the country confronts the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a group of doctors from government hospitals thanked the Philippine Red Cross, headed by Senator Dick Gordon, for proposing that frontline health care workers be regularly tested for the coronavirus. Gordon, PRC chairman and CEO, has proposed that all medical workers, who are at the forefront […]