SunStar February 02, 2021 THE 100th Malasakit Center in the country opened at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021.
The Malasakit Center is a one-stop shop for government, medical, and financial assistance for all Filipinos, particularly the poor and indigent patients.
In Cebu, there are five Malasakit Centers:
1. Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City
2. Eversley Childs Sanitarium and General Hospital in Mandaue City
3. Talisay City District Hospital
4. St. Mother and Child Hospital in Cebu City
5. Lapu-Lapu City Hospital
Malasakit Centers house representatives from different government agencies to make it more convenient and accessible for Filipinos seeking medical and financial assistance from the government.
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.
CEBU CITY – Fifteen more healthcare workers at the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC) were found to be positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 10) Officials in Cebu City are asking that stricter health and safety protocol be enforced after COVID-19 cases in the area quadrupled in just two weeks.
According to data from the Department of Health in Central Visayas, there were 81 cases as of December 27, but the numbers jumped to 331 as of January 9. New infections include several medical and other healthcare workers.
Local health officials believe the sudden rise in cases is due to gatherings during the holidays, while some cases were reported at workplaces.
Cebu City had single-digit increases in November and December, until December 29 when new infections reached 16. From January 1 to 9, the new cases ranged from 11 to as much as 54 new cases in a day.
January 06, 2021 SECOND to Negros Oriental, Cebu City recorded a rising trend of total active cases in the last 14 days among the highly urbanized cities and provinces in Central Visayas, the Department of Health (DOH) in Central Visayas reported.
DOH data from December 22, 2020, to January 5, 2021, showed that Cebu City recorded 213 total active cases on January 5, 2021, with 34 new cases.
As of January 5, 2021, Central Visayas has a total of 817 active cases, 408 are from Negros Oriental, 213 from Cebu City, 86 Cebu Province, 47 Lapu-Lapu City, 37 Mandaue City, 22 Bohol, and four Siquijor.
Total deaths are at 1,431, total recoveries at 22,937 while total cases for the entire region is at 25,185.