Published May 12, 2021, 9:35 AM
Family and friends are seeking justice for a 31-year-old woman who lost an eye after she was hit by a rampaging fire truck in Pateros on Mother’s Day, May 9.
Screenshots of the CCTV footage showing Tiar being hit by the fire truck, and Douglas Lazarra and Annie Tiar (Photos: Screenshots from CCTV of Brgy. Magtanggol via Michaella Lim / Douglas Lazarra / MANILA BULLETIN)
Annie Tiar, 31, was walking with her friend Salome Perez on the sidewalk on M. Almeda Street in Brgy. Magtanggol when a wayward fire truck of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Pateros hit her.
Harana: Musical Tribute to Filipino Frontliners art card (Istorya ng Pag-asa Facebook page)
In a statement, the OVP said the online concert dubbed “Harana: Musical Tribute to Filipino Frontliners” will be held on May 1, Labor Day, at 7 p.m.
The OVP said that the online concert aims to offer a breather for medical frontliners leading the fight against COVID-19.
The online concert is under the OVP’s Istorya ng Pag-asa program and will feature artists who volunteered to participate in the musical in support of frontliners.
Artists slated to perform in the concert include The Company, Noel Cabangon, Cooky Chua, Nonoy Zuñiga, Agot Isidro, Buboy Garrovillo, Jim Paredes, Joana Ampil, Renato Lucas, Skarlet Brown, Ivy Violan, Joey Ayala, Noli Aurillo, Bayang Barrios, Amp Big Band, Nona Galan, and Arman Ferrer.
News Roque says his PGH room good for two ICU beds; gov’t eyes 200 more COVID-19 ICU beds By LLANESCA T. PANTI, GMA News
Published April 22, 2021 7:08pm Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Thursday that his hospital room at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), where he was treated for COVID-19 could fit two intensive care unit (ICU) bed as the government eyes adding 200 more ICU beds to address the surge of severe and critical COVID-19 cases. Roque said that the primary need now is to increase ICU bed capacity for COVID-19 patients since the utilization rate in Metro Manila remains at high risk 70% to 80%.
Pineda has been manning the triage section of his hospital’s COVID-19 emergency unit.
With the more than 40 beds occupied by patients in critical condition, and the hallway lined with more patients in wheelchairs, Pineda had to decide who would get treatment and who would not.
He turned away more than half the people who came begging him to take in an ailing loved one, many of them struggling to breathe.
Some even knelt in front of him, begging to at least be allowed to wait in the hallway.
“Many of them said we were already the eighth or ninth hospital they tried, and if it were up to me, I really would have taken them in,” he said. “But there really was no room left.”
April 09, 2021 A TOTAL of 136 doctors and nurses from the regions have been assigned to 10 hospitals in the National Capital Region (NCR) to augment the medical workforce attending to the increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients.
As of Friday, April 9, 2021, the number of active Covid-19 cases in the country has soared to a new record of 178,351 as the Department of Health (DOH) reported 12,225 new infections.
Covid-19 deaths nationwide also hit a new high as the DOH reported 401 mortalities Friday, including 213 cases that were previously tagged as recoveries but were validated to be deaths.
Most of these new cases and deaths were reported in the NCR, according to the DOH.