Private hospitals may reach full capacity soon if the rise in the number of new coronavirus cases “is not abated,” the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAP) said Friday, March 12.
PHAP President Dr. Jose Rene De Grano said there is at least a 15-percent hike in the number
Private hospitals could reach full capacity in the next three to four weeks if the spike in COVID-19 cases is left unabated, the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPi) said Friday.
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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.”
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The groups banded under the Leaders’ Forum, a national bipartite committee, said they have submitted a joint letter to PhilHealth dated December 15, 2020, calling for urgent resolution on issues surrounding the agency that have significant impacts on member-employers and workers.
In the said letter, the Leaders Forum, composed of business organizations – Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), and the Philippine Exporters Confederation (PHILEXPORT), and trade union federations, Federation of Free Workers (FFW), Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa (SENTRO), and the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) – cited four main issues hounding the PhilHealth.
Published December 16, 2020 11:49pm The holiday season could usher in new cases of the coronavirus infections as more people go out to gather and shop. Several hospitals and medical personnel are preparing for this to ensure they will be able to handle the fresh cases, according to a report on “24 Oras” by Sandra Aguinaldo. “Kung anuman ang kailangan ng pasyente natin, COVID man o non-COVID ay handa kami, may sapat na supplies ang mga hospital, pati na rin kung kakailanganin ng ventilators. Mas marami na tayong kaalaman ngayon dahil sa ngayon marami na talagang information ang lumabas,” Dr. Encarnita Limpin of the Philippine College of Physicians.