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An Act Declaring the Existence of a National Emergency Arising from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation and a National Policy in Connection Therewith, and Authorizing the President of the Republic of the Philippines for a Limited Period and Subject to Restrictions, to Exercise Powers Necessary and Proper to Carry Out the Declared National Policy and for Other Purposes
The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is a tax-exempt, government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) of the Philippines that provides health insurance to the country. It was created on 1995 to implement universal health coverage in the Philippines, and is attached to the Department of Health. On August 4, 1969, Republic ...
Its first Chief of Hospital was Dr. Sixto Y. Orosa, Sr who authored the landmark Philippine Provincial Act. In 1937, the bed capacity was increased to 100. When the war broke out in 1941, the hospital was closed to the public and the building was occupied by the Japanese Imperial Forces.
With a shift to a parliamentary form of government, the Department of Health was transformed into the Ministry of Health on June 2, 1978, with Dr. Clemente S. Gatmaitan as the first health minister. On April 13, 1987, the Department of Health was created from the previous Ministry of Health with Dr. Alfredo R. A. Bengzon as secretary of health.
Advise the president of the Philippines on the promulgation of department orders, rules, regulations and other issuances related to health; Establish policies and standards for the effective, efficient and economical operations of the department in accordance with the programs of government;
Limitations on all forms of transportation; Work suspensions and the setting up of alternative working arrangements such as remote work; Ensuring the supply of food and medical products; Measures against profiteering and hoarding of essential goods; Provision allowing a 30-day grace period for loan and rental payments during the quarantine period
The Department of Health earlier stated that Alert Level 1 could be considered as the "new normal." Previously, Alert Level 3 was imposed in the region from October 15 to November 4, 2021, and again from January 3 to 31, 2022 (amidst the COVID-19 Omicron variant -driven surge), [ 75 ] [ 76 ] and Alert Level 2 from November 5, 2021, to January 2 ...
According to the Rules of the Senate, [1] the committee handles all matters relating to: Public health in general; Medical, hospital and quarantine services; Population issues, concerns, policies and programs affecting individuals and their families, and their effects on national, social and economic conditions