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Dec152021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

76 hit with Hepa C at BQMH, hospital offers free treatment

Seventy-six patients were infected in an “outbreak” of Hepatitis C at the hemodialysis facility of the Bacolod Queen of Mercy Hospital in Bacolod City, the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Health was told during a hearing Tuesday, December 14.Dr. Willy Yu, BQMH medical director, said the medical needs of the 76 patients hit with Hepatitis C will be shouldered by the hospital.He said they cannot pinpoint the exact source of the spread of the Hepatitis C but they will take responsibility because it happened at their facility.Councilor Cindy Rojas, SP Committee on Health chair, who presided over the hearing, said they still do not know where the virus originated from since Yu disclosed that all of their staff tested negative for Hepatitis C.The hearing addressed the concern...

Dec142021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

6 ka persona nadakpan nga naga gamit sang peke nga vaccination cards

Balita Hiligaynon

Dugang nga anum pa ka mga persona ang sarang mapasakaan sang kaso sang madakpan nga nag-gamit sang peke nga vaccination card sa ila pag-abot sa Bredco port.Suno kay Em Ang, executive director sang Emergency Operations Center, ang lima sa ila nga nag-abot sa Bacolod ang mga trabahador sang isa ka milling company kag ang isa taga-siudad sang Bago.Gintugyan na sang EOC ang insidente sa City Legal Office agud mapasakaan sang reklamu ang anum ka mga persona.Samtang, separado naman nga ginahanda sang City Legal Office ang kaso nga falsification of public documents batuk sa apat ka mga persona nga taga-sagay nga una nadakpan nga nag-gamit sang peke nga vax card sang siudad.Tungod sang hitabo mas naka-alerto karon ang mga monitoring team sang eoc sa mga seaport kag bisan sa bacolod...

Dec152021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

5th person caught with fake Bacolod vaccination card

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The Bacolod City Emergency Operations Center caught a fifth person using a fake vaccination card, EOC Executive Director Em Ang said Tuesday, December 14.She said a Bago City resident went to the Bacolod EOC office at the MassKara Hall to ask for a vaccination certificate to travel.The person presented a fake Bacolod vaccination card that was easily detected because the vaccine used was misspelled and the vaccinator's name is non-existent, she said.The case of the Bago resident was forwarded to the Bacolod City Legal Office for appropriate action, she said.Earlier, four employees of a sugar mill from Sagay City were also caught using fake Bacolod vaccination cards, she said.Ang said they are keeping a close watch on vaccination cards of persons entering the city during ...

Dec142021 by Digicast Negros StaffNo Comments

No plan to change the name of city hospital – Leonardia

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There is absolutely no plan to change the name of the proposed hospital in Bacolod City. Not even a thought.This was the reaction of Mayor Evelio Leonardia to reports quoting Rep. Greg Gasataya who insinuated there is an attempt to change the name of the Bacolod City General Hospital, a press release from the City Public Information Office said Tuesday, December 12.The mayor said the insinuation that the city government is changing the name of the Bacolod City General Hospital is "baseless, malicious and misleading”.Any plan to change the name of the proposed city hospital is non-existent. It is very clear that Republic Act 11564, or the law signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in June 2021, called for the establishment of the Bacolod City General Hospital, he said.His admin...

Dec132021 by Romeo SubaldoNo Comments

Fastfood nga may pinaka malapad nga bike and dine facility mabukas sa Bacolod sa Miyerkules

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Sa Miyerkules buksan sa publiko ang McDonalds Forbes Hill. Diri makita ang pinaka malapad nga bike and dine facility. Biker friendly ini,bangud ang bacolod silay airport road ang isa sa mga hilig nga rota sang mga bikers. Pwede lang i butang sa ledge ang bike kag magkaon sa tupad sini…May yara pa sang do it yourself nga bike repair station para sa mga magub-an sang bisikleta.Ini man ang pinaka una nga branch sang amo nga fastfood chain nga may full scale Mc Cafe. Magluwas sa mga pagkaon sa fastfood may yara man sang kape, frap kag pastries.Ini ang pinaka una nga NxtGen nga branch kun sa diin may mga self ordering kiosks kun sa diin pwede maka order ang customer kag posible ang cashless mode of payment.Bangud yara pa sa gihapon sa panahon sang pandemic may malapad man ini ng...

Dec132021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

Bacolod EOC: Wala sang expired nga bakuna nga gamiton sa National Vaccination Days

Balita Hiligaynon, Digicast Negros X

Apat tubtob anum ka beses kada adlaw nga gina-check kag ginapasiguro sang mga personnel sang cold storage facility sang Bacolod nga na-maintain ang room temperature sang pasilidad para indi ma-expire ang mga Covid-19 vaccines.Ang pamunuan sang EOC ang nagpasalig nga may nagakaigo nga supply sang bakuna para sa Bayanihan Bakunahan 2 humalin Miyerkoles tubtob sa Biyernes.Nakahanda naman ang 43 tanan ka mga vaccination center sa mga kabarangayan, mga mall kag sa iban pa nga mga commercial establishments para sa ikaduha nga National Vaccination Days sa Bacolod.Dugang pa diri ang duha ka bag-o nga cold chain vans nga pagagamiton para malab-ot sang mga vaccinators ang mga luyag magpabakuna sa mga purok.Suno kay dD. Miraflor, maid-id nga paga-usisaon sang mga vaccinators ang mga m...

Dec152021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Negros Occidental, Bacolod to continue vax drive despite NVD 2 postponement

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The National COVID-19 Vaccination Operation Center has postponed the National Vaccination Days Part II (NVD2) in Western Visayas set Wednesday to Friday this week to December 20 to 23 as Tropical Cyclone Odette approaches.The scheduled visit of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo Puyat, Health Secretary Francisco Duque, National Task Force against COVID-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. and Testing Czar Vince Dizon to Negros Occidental to observe the three-day activity on Wednesday has been cancelled, Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said.Despite the postponement of NVD 2 Bacolod City and Negros Occidental will continue with their massive vaccination.The teams and vaccines are out so they will just continue with their vaccination drive in Negros Oc...

Dec142021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

RDRRMC: WV at high risk as tropical storm approaches

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The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) warned on Monday, December 13, that the entire Western Visayas, including Negros Occidental, is at high risk as Tropical Storm “Rai” approaches the Philippines.The tropical storm once it enters the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) will be known as “Odette.”The center of the Tropical Storm “Rai” was estimated at 1,630 km East of Mindanao, outside the PAR, as of 4 p.m. Monday, a Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) advisory said.It had maximum sustained winds of 65 km/h near the center, gustiness up to 80 km/h, and central pressure of 998 hPa, it said.“Rai” intensified into a tropical storm at 2 p.m. Monday and is forecast to gradually intensify and may rea...

Dec142021 by Nico DelfinNo Comments

30,000 na ang nadapatan na sang booster shots sa Bacolod

Balita Hiligaynon

City PIO photoNaglab-ot na sa 30 mil ang nabakunahan sang booster dose sa Bacolod sa mga vaccination center sa mall.Humalin sang ginbuksan sang Emergency Operations Center ang vaccination para sa booster dose para sa general public naglab-ot naman sa masobra trenta mil ang nakabaton sang dugang nga dose sang Covid-19 vaccine.Suno kay Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical data and analysis sang EOC, dako nga bulig ilabi na sa mga medical frontliners,senior citizen kag may co-morbidities ang dugang nga dose ang bakuna batuk man sa nagkalain-lain nga variants of concern.Importante lang suno kay Sorongon nga ginasunod ang 3-6 months interval nga magadepende man sa brand sang vaccine antes ang pag-administer sang sa booster dose.Maid-id ma...

Dec142021 by Carla P. GomezNo Comments

Bacolod vax drive hits 91.58%, Negros Occidental 54.76%, DOH reports

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The Department of Health (DOH) is providing Negros Occidental with additional teams to help boost its three-day vaccination drive against COVID-19 Wednesday to Friday, December 15 to 17.Negros Occidental, which has the largest population among the provinces in Western Visayas, still has 825,777 persons to vaccinate to reach herd immunity, the DOH reported Monday.Negros Occidental has vaccinated 999,593 or 54.76 percent of its target population of 1.82 million with at least one dose, and 534,968 or 29.31 percent have been fully vaccinated, the DOH said.Bacolod City has vaccinated 376,114 or 91.58 percent of its target population of 410,701 with at least one dose, and 315,669 or 76.86 have been fully vaccinated, the DOH said.Bacolod City still has 34,587 individuals to vaccin...