DAVAO CITY — Dr. Crisostomo Serrano, Sr. resident director of the Davao Doctors hospital (DDH) welcomed guests, participants and members of DDH family during the 38th anniversary celebration and the blessing and inauguration of the newly renovated Out-Patient Department yesterday (Monday) July 2.
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Following government?s order recalling about 2.5-million cans of infant formula brands due to reported contamination, Department of Trade and Industry Davao City Field Office is also warning consumers against old food stocks they might put into their shopping carts.
By Rose B. Palacio
davao city — Davao Doctors Hospital (DDH), in its vision to give best service to the community and consider the patients? health, is celebrating its 38th anniversary to include a weeklong free clinic at the hospital?s newly opened Out Patient Department.
This new venue will extend greater comfort for the patients, said Dr. Dominador Cabrera, Sr., DDH president and CEO during a press conference yesterday at DDH conference room.
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The U.P. Manila College of Public Health and National Institutes of
Health in collaboration with its local NGO partner, Akbay Kalusugan
Inc.?a group of U.P. alumni and volunteers committed to serve humanity
through partnership efforts for the advancement of health in the
communities?will conduct a training in Davao City on 29-31 August 2007
to help health/medical workers in the region to communicate
effectively in varied health care settings.
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Greenpeace demands immediate market withdrawal, moratorium on GMO approvals
MANILA — Another genetically-modified (GM) corn variety,
approved for food, feed, processing, and propagation in the Philippines
has been shown by studies to be potentially toxic to humans. The new
research, carried out by a French scientific research institute(1),
involves biotech firm Monsanto?s NK603 GMO corn (marketed commercially
under the name Round-up Ready) which was approved as food and feed in
the country in 2003, and for propagation in 2005.
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