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                    [Title] => DOH ready for injuries from New Year revelry
                    [Summary] => The Department of Health (DOH) assured the public yesterday that hospitals are prepared to admit people injured by firecrackers and stray bullets while celebrating the New Year’s Eve revelry.


Dr. Jose Ramoncito Navarro, training officer of the DOH’s National Epidemiology Center, said DOH has advised hospitals to augment their existing manpower and medical supplies in anticipation of an influx of patients during the height of the celebration.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233397 [Title] => Firecracker injuries jump from 78 to 145, says DOH [Summary] => The number of firecracker and stray bullet injuries, as well as watusi poisoning, rose to 145 cases yesterday even as the Department of Health (DOH) reiterated its appeal to the public to welcome the New Year using other noisemaking devices.

This includes 61 cases — one stray bullet case, 56 firecracker injuries, and four children brought to the hospital for watusi (dancing firecracker) poisoning — registered over the weekend, according to Dr. Jose Ramoncito Navarro, training officer at the DOH’s National Epidemiology Center.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226862 [Title] => DOH: Human waste caused Tondo contamination [Summary] => Human waste was the primary cause of the contamination of water in the Foreshore Area of Tondo, Manila, where over 500 residents have been downed by cholera and gastroenteritis since Oct. 23, Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit said yesterday.

This was the initial result of the testing conducted on the water samples collected by the Department of Health (DOH) and the Manila Health Department from the Foreshore Area as part of an investigation into the incident.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) ) )
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