SP: Costly ortho implants should be charged to MAIP

Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s Committee on Health last week urged the Eastern Bicol Medical Center (EBMC) to explore ways to address problems faced by patients in paying for doctors’…

CIA holds Surgical, Medical Mission at EBMC Jan. 22-26

The Catanduanes International Association, Inc. (CIA) will conduct its 2024 Surgical and Medical Mission this Jan. 22-26 at the Eastern Bicol Medical Center (EBMC). Screening of patients have been going…

A promising addition to the provincial scholarship program

Among the new lawyers in the list of 2023 Philippine Bar passers released by the Supreme Court is Atty. Jude Tacorda, the first to achieve the feat as a scholar…

PNP calls on motorists to take caution as vehicular accidents surpass 2022 total

With four days more to go before the New Year rings in 2024, the number of vehicular accidents in the province of Catanduanes this year is expected to increase by…

Bouyed by inauguration of dialysis unit, Cua to prioritize heart station at EBMC

Governor Joseph C. Cua has set as his administration’s next priority the establishment of a heart station at the Eastern Bicol Medical Center, following last week’s inauguration of the hospital’s…

EBMC dialysis center to open this February

More than a year after the machines were delivered, the Eastern Bicol Medical Center’s dialysis center is expected to begin operation in the second week of February. In a report…

2021 COA Annual Audit Report:

COA flags P10-M in hospitals’ cash advances for medicine purchases

The Commission on Audit has doubted the propriety and regularity of over P10 million in cash advances used by the Eastern Bicol Medical Center (EBMC) and district hospitals in the…

Who says the provincial government lacks funds?

Not a few eyebrows among the newspaper-reading public were raised when the Tribune reported that in 2021, the provincial government of Catanduanes had parked P242 million in time deposits in…

“Good and responsive governance” vowed in SOPA:

Gov. Cua: P100-M pledged for rehab, improvement of EBMC

Vowing to upgrade the provincial hospital into a Level III health facility, Governor Joseph Cua last week announced that funding of P100 million has been pledged for the rehabilitation and…

Wishing for EBMC’s P100M rehab fund

During his State of the Province Address last week, Governor Joseph Cua reiterated his administration’s desire to rehabilitate and upgrade the provincial hospital into a Level III health facility. Due…