Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines

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Former city hospital chief calls JR Borja hospital present status pitiful

The facilities and services of the city government-run J.R. Borja General Hospital could have been improved if the equipment, drugs and medicines donated by other sources were accepted.

Former City Hospital Chief Dr. Vincent Tero disclosed that too much politics played at the city hall-run hospital pushes it into a “pitiful” state.

“The order of the day [...]

City doctors ‘overworked, underpaid’

LOW pay and poor working conditions have forced most doctors of the government owned JR Borja Memorial City Hospital to tender their resignations, a hospital insider said.

A city hospital physician, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the doctors resigned as a group as a statement to City Hall that they had lost confidence on [...]

Only 5 patients can be quarantined at NMMC

The facility the government would use to quarantine people in case of the spread of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus here is only good for five patients. the health department’s spokesperson here said.

Department of Health (DOH) spokesperson Jun Galban said the “Sunshine Building” of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) would be used as isolation [...]

“IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY”

Placing the JR Borja Memorial General Hospital under the national government would mean ridding city hall of a major source of corruption, two lawyers and a former PaDayon Pilipino ally said.

This explains why there was strong opposition to House Bill 239 because the proposed measure supposedly threatens to cut off a big source of kickbacks [...]

The JRBGH as a Re-nationalized Hospital

ADVANTAGES:

1. Direction for this government health facility will be in line with the New Public Management System of the Health Sector.

a. The DOH is the authority in health systems
b. The DOH has the researches and projections on output that when put to use, will serve the best health interest of the populace of Cagayan de Oro City.
c. [...]