Twelve barangays in the city were identified by the City Health Office (CHO) as "dengue hotspots" with most of the 937 dengue cases found in this areas in the first half of this year.
The country's biggest government-owned hospital here, the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) is expected to accommodate more kidney patients when the Kidney Transplant Institute would be completed this year or next year, an official said.
The number of dengue cases during the first quarter in Davao Region rose nearly three times than last year, the Department of Health (DOH)-Davao Region reported.
Members of the Makabayan bloc in the House have expressed deep concern on the commercialization of the public health services of the government with the passage of the Universal Health Care Act.
City health personnel are trekking the hinterlands to tract any case of filariasis, which has been declared controlled in the city.