Published April 15, 2021, 12:59 PM
Halfway through 2020, doctors at The Medical City (TMC) evaluated and used stem cells from the umbilical cord of newborns for the treatment of severe COVID-19 pneumonia.
One year into the pandemic, cases are still rapidly rising in the Philippines. The Department of Health (DOH) on March 24, 2021 recorded an additional 6,666 COVID-19 cases, bringing the national caseload to 684,311 and 13,039 deaths.
Infection with COVID-19 has been identified to have two phases: a viral phase when the virus penetrates human cells and produces more viruses, and an inflammatory phase when the body’s immune reaction tries to contain the virus. In some cases, however, the inflammation goes out of control when immune cells release too many cytokines and cause damage to normal cells and tissues – called a “cytokine storm.” This leads to harmful effects on many organs of the body and can lead to death if left untreated.
Published February 4, 2021, 1:00 PM
There’ll be no argument when I say that 2020 was a very extraordinary year. Extraordinary for the wrong reasons; but insofar as it’s being unusual, I’m certain most will agree with me. For hospitals, medical centers, and the health care professionals and workers; they were the battlefront, the trenches, the front-liners of our war against the COVID pandemic that gripped almost all corners of the world.
At the center of our COVID response, avoiding nosocomial infections, while still attending to cases of a non-COVID nature; The Medical City was often stretched to breaking point. But thanks to a dynamic and unique service philosophy, and the responsive leadership of its current President and CEO, Dr. Eugenio F. Ramos, The Medical City more than lived up to its slogan and value proposition of ‘Where Patients Are Partners’.