The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday announced that it is placing its regional offices and hospitals across the country under full alert starting Sunday in preparation for emergencies that may arise during the balloting next Monday.
Stem cell therapy at spa centers and salons? Watch out, government agents are coming.
The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday warned penitents planning to whip themselves bloody and nail themselves to crosses as part of their Lenten rituals to be careful lest they suffer serious health problems.
Calling it a “momentous event” in the history of health care in the country, the Department of Health approved on Friday the implementing rules and regulations of the Reproductive Health Law.
Don’t buy drinks and foods being sold at the streets during the Black Nazarene festival, the Department of Health (DOH) advised devotees Tuesday in order to prevent untoward incidents.
In much of the country, the trend was toward a significant reduction of firecracker-related injuries during the raucous New Year’s Eve celebrations, according to health officials.
The Department of Health (DoH) has given revelers two choices to usher in the New Year next week: Gangnam o kahon?
With drums rolling and horns blowing, Department of Health (DOH) officials took their anti-firecracker campaign, on Thursday to Pandacan, Manila—site of the Pandacan oil depot—to lobby for a safer means of merrymaking.
The Philippines will no longer have “doctorless” municipalities by the end of the year, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said on Friday. Ona said 32 remaining “doctorless” and “very poor” municipalities in Abra, Ilocos Sur, Cagayan, Palawan, Tawi-Tawi and Basilan would have their own physician by December through the Department of Health’s (DOH) Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) program.
It’s “enough” but we want more.
Still smarting from what he believed was an abandonment by Palace allies, Senator Ralph Recto on Wednesday lashed out at the Department of Finance (DOF), saying the version of the sin tax bill passed by the House of Representatives could be the product of a “Purisima-San Miguel” alliance that allowed lower taxes for fermented liquor such as beer.
When purchasing an antibiotic to treat leptospirosis, it is wiser to choose a generic over a branded product as this is P13 cheaper.
An employee of the Department of Health (DOH) filed an administrative complaint in the Office of the Ombudsman against Health Secretary Enrique Ona last Friday for his alleged failure to release the financial benefits of thousands of health workers across the country.
