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PhilHealth to tweak aid for mental health among others due to rate hike delay

Rey Balena, senior manager, said implementation of new benefits will still push through but not without some modifications.

The government said the current stock level is enough for the public healthcare system to take care of patients' needs, including Covid-19 patients.

Dr Yong Poovorawan said government agencies should implement guidelines to address different Covid-19 species, their severity and their resistance.

As at 3pm on Dec 30, 32,097 dengue cases had been reported – amounting to 91 per cent of the record high of 35,315 cases recorded in 2020.

Minister of Food and Drug Safety Oh Yu-Kyoung also said so far the country’s approach to drug abuse so far as “punitive rather than recuperative.”

The writer says being a resource-stripped country, Bangladesh tends to prioritise investing mostly in the purely medical aspects of public health.

The ministry is concerned about dual outbreaks of Covid-19 and flu as the number of Covid cases is increasing.

The hospital has expanded its overall capacity to receive and treat critical patients, worked to relieve the pressure on emergency and fever clinics.

Indian vaccine firm Bharat Biotech has billed it as the “world’s first nasal drop vaccine”, which was cleared for emergency use in early September.

The sudden influx of investments can largely be attributed to lessons learnt during the pandemic.