Senators Bong Go and Robinhood Padilla visited the town of Guimbal in Iloilo on Friday to personally extend aid to sectors trying to overcome the challenges of the COVID pandemic.
Senator Christopher ‘’Bong’’ Go underscored the importance of strengthening the country’s healthcare system as he hailed the upgrade of local hospitals in Iloilo province. Go, chairman of the Senate Health and Demography Committee, stressed this after attending last Wednesday, June 22 the inaugurat
UPGRADED. The Western Visayas Sanitarium in the municipality of Santa Barbara in Iloilo province has been converted into a general hospital and renamed the Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital (WVSGH) by virtue of Republic Act 11723 signed by President Rodrigo Duterte signed on April 29, 2022. The hospital is authorized to increase its bed capacity from 150 to 300.(Photo courtesy of the Western Visayas Sanitarium FB page) ILOILO CITY - The conversion of two Department of Health (DOH)-run hospitals in Iloilo Province means increased bed capacity and more available services soon. President Rodrigo Duterte signed on April 29, 2022 Republic Act 11723 converting the Western Visayas Sanitarium in the municipality of Santa Barbara into a general hospital with a specialty in infectious diseases and renaming it the Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital (WVSGH). The Don Jose S. Monfort Medical Center Extension Hospital in Barotac Nuevo under Republic Act 11725 was converted
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday promised to strengthen the country's healthcare system until the end of his term. Duterte made the vow, as he hailed the inauguration of the new Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital (DJFMH) at the San Lazaro Compound in Sta. Cruz, Manila. "With less than two months in my term, I cannot afford to waste time and resources as we fulfill our promise for a better and more responsive healthcare system across the country," he said in a speech delivered before the medical professionals. Duterte expressed optimism that projects like the newly-inaugurated DJFMH would make a "long-lasting, positive" impact on Filipinos. He also thanked the Department of Health (DOH), as well as the management and staff of the DJFMH, for building a "new and improved" hospital. Duterte said he is also grateful for the "heroic" acts of health workers who remain at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019
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