SunStar Cebu nurses issue appeal
SACRIFICE AND SERVICE. In this 2020 SunStar file foto, two nurses are seen walking home from work at a private hospital as there was no public transportation available during Cebu City’s strict community quarantine. / SunStar File
+ February 11, 2021 FEARING that the rising Covid-19 cases in Cebu would again take its toll on nurses, the Philippine Nurses Association-Cebu Chapter (PNA-Cebu) has appealed for a balance between economic gains and the need to uphold health standards.
“Because we do not want to repeat the unfortunate history of nurses suffering from burnout and exhaustion, we call for solidarity among the public to continue to adhere to the health and safety protocols set by the government,” said PNA-Cebu in a position paper released on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.
MANILA, Feb. 11 — Medical personnel of the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) are ready to get their COVID-19 vaccine shots.In a virtual presser on Thursday, UP-PGH medical director, Dr. Gerardo “Gap” Legaspi said that 4,805 hospital staff have given.
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The filing of charges stemmed from the findings of the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas regarding the case of a 41-year-old male patient who was admitted at Chong Hua Hospital (CHH) last March 30, 2020 after experiencing difficulty in breathing.
The patient, who was said to be jobless the last 10 years, was later transferred to the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMCC) where he eventually died due to Hepatic Encephalopathy or Acute Decomponsated Liver Cirrhosis as secondary cause.
However, The NBI-7 investigation showed that eight officials of PhilHealth-7 and three medical workers of CHH allegedly colluded in facilitating fraudulent COVID-19 claims for the patient amounting to P197, 883.52 even if he was COVID-19 negative based on the swab test done at VSMCC.
Not all hospital employees at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City and the Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City are willing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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File photo February 10, 2021 THE government-owned Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) will get an initial 1,900 doses from the initial shipment of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).
The initial shipment of 114,000 doses for the entire Philippines is expected to arrive between Feb. 12 and Feb. 15, 2021, Department of Health Central Visayas (DOH 7) Director Jaime Bernadas said in a press conference on Wednesday, Feb. 10.
VSMMC hospital administrator Gerardo Aquino Jr. said the number of employees who have agreed to be inoculated has increased to 2,904.
Given that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine must be administered in two doses 28 days apart, VSMMC would need 5,808 doses.