(Screengrab) MANILA - The Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines (PHAPi) is coordinating with the Department of Health on the denied application for claims of some healthcare workers. Earlier, the Private Hospital Workers Alliance of the Philippines said 63,772 healthcare workers did not receive their benefits provided under Republic Act 11494 or the Bayanihan 2 law. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the delay in the distribution of the benefits was due to the "lapses in the application forms". In a televised public briefing Tuesday, PHAPi president Dr. Jose de Grano said proper documentation for the release of the special risk allowance might have been the problem, noting that most of the private healthcare workers have received a part of their benefits. "Pero 'yung susunod po na para sa mga healthcare workers ay hinihintay na po namin 'yung sunod na ilalabas ng Department of Health (DOH) nakapag-submit na po halos ang mga different hos
The Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) will announce its decision on the proposed Alert Level 1 downgrade in the National Capital Region (NCR) or in other parts of the country on Monday, Feb. 28. This was confirmed by Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año on Thurs
Some dialysis patients have faced difficulty in finding medical facilities amid the spike in COVID-19 cases. Health officials, meanwhile, are seeking out solutions to attend to the needs of dialysis patients who are immuno-compromised, GMA News' Chino Gaston reported on "Saksi."
Hospitals are on “red alert” for possible firecracker-related injuries amid the New Year celebration, an official of the Private Hospitals Associations of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI) said Wednesday.