Published March 8, 2021 10:07pm Private hospitals on Monday said that while they can still handle the recent increase in COVID-19 cases, the public should not let down its guard when observing health protocols, as even children are now getting sick with the virus. In Raffy Tima s report on 24 Oras, Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines (PHAPi) president Dr. Jose Rene De Grano said the blame for the 10% to 15% rise in COVID-19 occupancy rates in private hospitals cannot merely be the presence of the more infectious UK and South Africa variants. Mukhang talagang tataas eh. I think hindi natin mabe-blame lang natin doon sa variant, ano. I think dahil din sa pagbubukas natin ng economy. Actually ang mga tao ay parang naging pabaya din. Very relaxed sila, he said.
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 14) - The Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan City is one of the first private hospitals to get a hand on COVID-19 vaccines under the World Health Organization’s COVAX facility.
“I was told by the LGU (local government unit) that they are getting the vaccine for us,” said CSMC chief medical officer Dr. Zenaida Javier-Uy in an interview with CNN Philippines.
San Juan City mayor Francis Zamora also confirmed that the private hospital will get Pfizer vaccines.
“Ang national government ay maglalaan sa San Juan pati sa Metro Manila LGUs (local government units) ng Pfizer,” he said. “Ang unang batch na darating na Pfizer na darating sa San Juan, ito po ay para sa kategoryang ito, for the healthcare workers, for medical frontliners wherein kasama po ang Cardinal Santos diyan.”
Health insurance policyholders made lower than forecasted claims levels in 2020 owing to Covid-19
Vhi Healthcare has announced that it is to again waive a portion of premium for health insurance policyholders because of lower than forecasted claims levels last year arising from Covid-19.
Early in 2020, Vhi took the decision to waive a portion of premium at an average of 50 per cent for all customers for a three-month period. This has been in recognition of the restricted access customers had to private hospitals, due to an agreement between the Private Hospitals Association and the Health Service Executive (HSE) as part of the national effort to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) led the private sector in recognizing heroes in the medical community during this pandemic via the Gawad Bayaning Kalusugan award that was presented to the initial batch of 24 awardees.
PCCI President Amb. Benedicto Yujuico said this is their way of honoring healthcare professionals “who continue to risk their lives on a daily basis just so others may live”.
PCCI President Amb. Benedicto Yujuico
The health frontliners are the true heroes of this pandemic and we are and should forever be grateful. This Gawad Bayaning Kalusugan initiated by Dr. Carl Balita serves as a national tribute to individual health professionals and healthcare teams form hospitals,” Yujuico said.