SunStar 136 health workers from regions deployed in NCR hospitals
MANILA. Some of the healthcare workers from the regions who will augment the medical workforce in Metro Manila arrive in the capital on April 7, 2021. (Contributed/DOH)
CEBU. Fifty healthcare workers from Cebu leave for Manila on April 7, 2021. (Contributed/DOH)
+ April 08, 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.
The Department of Health (DOH) said the first batch of medical workers consisted of 42 doctors and nurses from Ilocos, Calabarzon and Bicol regions.
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CALOOCAN CITY, March 4 (PIA) The Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation (PDRF)’s Project K3 recently launched a special mentorship program on public service continuity to help local healthcare workers minimize delays in the delivery of life-saving services during disasters.
The launch was held in a virtual orientation that brought together key representatives from five cities in Metro Manila (Navotas, Pasig, Parañaque, Taguig, Valenzuela) and seven hospitals (Philippine General Hospital, Ospital ng Makati, Quirino Memorial Medical Center, Medical City, PNP General Hospital, Cotabato Sanitarium, Diliman Doctors Hospital) to participate in a series of self-paced courses and webinars in the next coming months.
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The Philippines rolled out the vaccination program on March 1 with the 600,000 CoronaVac doses donated by the Chinese government. Of the 600,000 doses, 189,600 have already been delivered, including 12,000 sent to Davao City and 7,200 to Cebu City.
“Vaccination activities in those cities are expected to commence today,” Nograles said.
According to the Palace official, the government already has the data of the “master-listed population” in the country’s 17 regions.
‘As of yesterday, the master-listed population stands at 222,783 and the vaccines shall be administered to them in 243 vaccination sites in all 17 regions of the country– 94 sites across Luzon, 18 in the Visayas, and 131 in Mindanao,” Nograles said.