MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday promised to strengthen the country's healthcare system until the end of his term. Duterte made the vow, as he hailed the inauguration of the new Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital (DJFMH) at the San Lazaro Compound in Sta. Cruz, Manila. "With less than two months in my term, I cannot afford to waste time and resources as we fulfill our promise for a better and more responsive healthcare system across the country," he said in a speech delivered before the medical professionals. Duterte expressed optimism that projects like the newly-inaugurated DJFMH would make a "long-lasting, positive" impact on Filipinos. He also thanked the Department of Health (DOH), as well as the management and staff of the DJFMH, for building a "new and improved" hospital. Duterte said he is also grateful for the "heroic" acts of health workers who remain at the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019
UNFPA and Australia heed the call of health workers, pregnant mothers of Fabella Hospital
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MANILA, Philippines Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital received a fully equipped Emergency Maternity Tent Facility (EMTF) complemented with Reproductive Health Kits through the Multi-Year Prepositioning Project of UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund in the Philippines, with the Government of Australia. The hospital will use the EMTF in assisting pregnant women under normal to complicated birth deliveries amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital continues to operate and provide reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health services to pregnant women in the National Capital Region in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Dr. Esmeraldo Ilem, Chief of Hospital, shared.