Children experiencing cough, colds and fever, also the symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019, should get checked by a physician for better evaluation, an infectious diseases expert advised parents on Tuesday. Department of Health (DOH) Technical Advisory Group member Dr. Ana Ong-Lim said this flu season, it is difficult to identify whether these symptoms are caused by Covid-19. “Pinakamaganda pa rin na magkaroon tayo ng teleconsult o kaya kumusulta sa doctor para mai-evaluate, kung iyan ba ay pwedeng ipagpahinga na lang or kailangan pang mag-work up para malaman kung ito nga ay Covid (It is best for them to have a
An elderly priest was killed on Monday when hit by a falling coconut tree during a post-typhoon roadside clearing operation in Matalom, Leyte. Police identified the victim as Rizacion Ybañez, 63, priest of the Philippine Independent Catholic Church, and resident of Sta. Fe village in Matalom town. Matalom police station investigator, Staff Sgt. David Santiago, Jr., said in a phone interview Tuesday that the victim was driving a single motorcycle when asked to stop for a few minutes since someone was cutting a coconut tree partially damaged by Typhoon Odette. “All vehicles were flagged down by personnel involved in clearing
US surgeons made medical history by transplanting a pig heart into a human and the patient has survived three days so far, doctors said Monday. The transplant, conducted at the University of Maryland Medical Center, was a desperate highly-experimental operation agreed to by recipient David Bennett, 57, because he was dying and there was no other choice available, Bennett’s son told the Associated Press. “It was either die or do this transplant,” Bennett said in a statement the day prior to the operation. “I want to live. I know it’s a shot in the dark, but it’s my last choice.”
An economist forecasts sustained improvement of foreign direct investments (FDIs) to the Philippines as economic and credit fundamentals gain ground, even amid the rise in coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Monday reported the 98 percent year-on-year rise of net FDIs in October 2021 to USD855 million, the fifth consecutive month of increase, bringing to USD8.1 billion the net FDI inflows in the first 10 months of last year. “Thus, FDIs remain one of the bright spots for the Philippine economy, in view of their continued double-digit growth rates in recent months, alongside the
The BRP Ang Pangulo (ACS-25), the presidential yacht which has been repurposed into a floating hospital shortly after the onslaught of Typhoon Odette last month, has so far provided medical aid to 842 patients in Siargao and the Dinagat Islands. Speaking to President Rodrigo Duterte during the Talk to the People Monday night, National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) executive director Ricardo Jalad said the medical team onboard the ship has also provided psychosocial first aid to persons severely affected or disturbed by the typhoon. “Ito ay nagsisilbi sa island ng Siargao at Dinagat Islands, so palipat-lipat siya.
Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) president Dante Gierran on Tuesday assured that the current in-process claims amounting to PHP25.45 billion would be paid within six months to private hospitals. Gierran made the assurance during a virtual meeting of the House Committee on Health on the latest developments regarding the agency’s reimbursements and payments to hospitals based on its various circulars related to coronavirus disease (Covid-19) benefits package claims. He said the payment shall be made through the Debit-Credit Payment Method (DCPM), which was adopted by PhilHealth to facilitate the settlement of accounts payable to healthcare facilities during the state of
