Brunei News Gazette

Category: Medical

Pope Francis doing well after surgery: Vatican

Pope Francis is ‘doing well’ after undergoing surgery earlier this week, the Vatican said on Saturday. On medical advice, the pope will pray the Sunday Angelus ‘in private, joining spiritually, with affection and gratitude, all the believers who will …

Antique health workers search for thousands of unvaxxed kids

The search for children that have yet to avail of vaccination under the Measles-Rubella and Oral Polio Vaccine Supplemental Immunization Activity (MR-OPV SIA) is ongoing in Antique. Vaccinators have to locate 16,677 children nine to 59 months old to r…

PBBM urges parents to vaccinate kids vs. measles, rubella, polio

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. urged parents to have their children immunized against measles, rubella and polio. In a video uploaded on his official Facebook page, Marcos said parents should take advantage of the Department of Health’s (DOH) month…

EU reviews Covid-19 vax deal as demand dropped

The European Union struck on Friday a deal with pharma companies BioNTech/Pfizer on reviewing the terms of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine deliveries after the demand for jabs significantly dropped. The European Commission announced in a s…

6 Ilocanos get knee replacement

Six patients in need of knee replacement were the recent beneficiaries of a surgical collaboration between the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and the government-run Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical Center (MMHMC) in Batac City. Marjorie …

Mayor vows to save ailing Laoag City General Hospital

Despite incurring financial losses over the past seven years, the ailing Laoag City General Hospital (LCGH) will continue and recover in due time. Mayor Michael Marcos Keon assured this on Wednesday as he opposed the declaration of bankruptcy of the c…

Occ. Mindoro goes house-to-house to vaccinate 55K kids

The Provincial Health Office (PHO) on Wednesday revealed that health workers have resorted to ‘house to house’ vaccination to protect more kids against measles, rubella and polio. In an interview, Dr. Ma. Teresita Tan, acting provincial health officer…