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Sorsogon hospital closed
By Fernan Angeles SORSOGON provincial government opted to lose down the Castilla District Hospital after a patient turned out positive for COVID-19. Its public information office hinted at a patient as a close contact to another person who earlier died of the highly-infectious disease. The provincial government did not say as to when the close…
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Villar asks SUCs, DOH to build one medical school per region
Sen. Cynthia Villar pushed for the establishment of at least one medical school in each and every region in the country as a way to increase the number of doctors and improve the healthcare workforce. During the Senate deliberation on Senate Bill 1520 or the Medical Scholarship Bill, Villar said state universities and colleges (SUC)…
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FDA approves locally-made COVID-19 ventilators
By Fernan Angeles RESPONDING calls to seriously consider locally made products—from testing kits to PPEs — amid the fight against the global pandemic, the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) approved a locally manufactured life-saving ventilator for COVID-19 patients. In approving the UCL-Ventura Flow Generator, FDA expects a solution that does not only make sure that…