HEALTH

KORONADAL CITY– Eighteen personswere injured by
firecrackers during the Christmas to New Year revelry last year, nine were from South Cotabato, the Department
of Health (DOH-12) today said.

Jenny Ventura, focal person of the DOH-12 firecracker injure
monitoring office, said South Cotabato has the highest number of revelers
injured during the monitoring period from December 21.

KIDAPAWAN CITY – Instead of allotting huge budget for anti-drug campaign, the city government here would be spending next year some P60 million, out of its P228.2 million budget, for speedy delivery of basic health services.City Mayor Joseph Evangelista said the funds would ensure quality health programs to at least 40 barangays in the city, many of which are located in the remotest areas.

KORONADAL CITY -- The Department of Health in Region 12 has recorded 12 cases of firecracker related injuries as of December 30, health official today said. Jenny Ventura, focal person of DOH-12 campaign against firecrackers in an effort to prevent firecracker related injuries, of 11 of the victims were males while a lone woman was included in the list since monitoring began on December 21.

KORONADAL CITY -- Six persons were injured by firecrackers in the Soccsksargen region as they welcomed Christmas Day, health officials said Monday.Jenny Ventura, focal person of the regional health office's campaign against firecrackers in an effort to prevent firecracker-related injury, said the monitoring for the region began last December 20.As of Dec.

KORONADAL CITY - As the corporation geared towards implementing electronic claims processing, PhilippineHealth Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth-12)clarified all issues and concerns regarding electronic transactions with its health care providers during the recent Project ReachOut Forum. Personally, I have my own reservation in terms of involving the 3rd party internet provider in the process of submitting our claims to your office. How safe are our documents and how secured are we in transmitting all our claim forms to PhilHealth? Dr. Singanon of Makilala Midway Hospital asked.

SHARIFF AGUAK,
Maguindanao – Here’s one good news for poor Filipinos.

Starting next
year, the Department of Health, through government hospitals, will provide free
hospitalization and medicine, especially the poor, jobless or the senior
citizens.

KORONADAL CITY - Health Assistant Sec. Dr. Abdullah Dumama Jr has appealed to parents to ensure their children, especially the small ones, from the dangers of firecrackers.Dumama, former DOH-12 regional director, was in Koronadal City to campaign against the use of firecrackers in welcoming the New Year.He agreed to Koronadal City government's plan to have fireworks display in every barangay instead. All kinds of firecrackers, legal or not,are harmful on human health, Dumama stressed.

KORONADAL CITY -- Health officials in South Cotabato have raised an alert level on dengue cases as the number hits more than 5,000 this year, more than 100 percent higher as compared from January to November last year. Dr. Rogelio Aturdido, South Cotabato provincial health chief, told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida that24 patients have died as of Dec. 12 due to dengue, a preventable disease should everybody cooperates.

December is Holiday Hazards Prevention Month, which aims to propagate safety consciousness among the people, especially during the holiday season. While many of us are busy preparing for the most wonderful time of the year, we must be aware of possible dangers that may happen and how we could avoid them.

DAVAO CITY --- A key participant to an on-going local government summit here want more state funds for the construction of hospitals after major infrastructures sprouted in southern Muslim towns in the past four years.Lamitan City Mayor Rose Furigay on Thursday said mayors in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao should cooperate in pushing for the allocation by Malacanang and the ARMM government of funds needed in the setting up of more permanent health facilities in far-flung areas.