PLDT and its wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), together with the PLDT-Smart Foundation (PSF), kicked off the donation drive of First Pacific Company Limited (First Pacific) in the Philippines in celebration of its 40th anniversary.
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May 05, 2021 WHAT is it like to receive the vaccine? Are you afraid to receive the vaccine? I know in my circle, some are, that is why I am running this series of features on Filipinos who have received the vaccine and the side effects they have experienced.
Dr. Sherry Lee is one of those people who have received the vaccine. She is working as a breast surgeon at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center. She was inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine from China.
One of the side effects she has experienced is the feeling of heaviness on the injection site, which is commonly observed in people who have received the vaccine. In my other articles, even people who received different brands of vaccine-like Astra or Pfizer also experienced the same. The Sinovac is also administered in two doses.
Dr. Florangel Rosario Braid
This, Dr. Tony Leachon, former adviser to the National COVID-19 Task Force noted, is the country’s most pressing need. And former Secretary of Health as well as Social Welfare and Development Dr. Esperanza Cabral, narrating the stories of her patients who were denied access to health care services in our hospitals agreed. Citing RA 8344, which stated that “you cannot turn away patients without first stabilizing him or her and that if the patient needs admission but cannot be accommodated, the hospital is obligated to arrange for transfer to another facility.” She apologized to everybody and sympathizes with our hospitals, but the care of patients takes precedence over all other difficulties, she noted.
By JOAHNA LEI CASILAO, GMA News
Published March 3, 2021 5:55pm Several hospitals on Wednesday began vaccinating their personnel against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using the vaccine developed by Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech. According to Sandra Aguinaldo’s report on “Balitanghali,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III led the vaccination at East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC). Duque himself administered the vaccine to EAMC chief Dr. Alfonso Nuñez and Senior Nurse Rose Marie Reyes. The Health Secretary reiterated the safety of the vaccine and its effectivity in preventing severe COVID-19. Nuñez, meanwhile, likened the vaccination to an ant bite. He also expressed hope that the EAMC will encourage other employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
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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.”