Health Archives - Negros Now Daily

7 NIR LGUs get services of ‘Doctors to the Barrios’

July 14, 2026

Seven more local government units (LGUs) in Negros Island Region (NIR) are getting the services of physicians deployed under the Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) program of the Department of Health (DOH).

PhilHealth, Benitez boost UHC rollout in Bacolod City

July 1, 2026

The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Regional Office 6 and the Office of Bacolod City Lone District Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez have strengthened their collaboration to further advance the implementation of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Program in the city.

Ban on imported pork eyed in Bacolod City

June 26, 2026

The Bacolod City government will enforce strict border control and monitoring amid the reported cases of African swine fever (ASF) in several areas in Negros Occidental.

DOH grants Siaton Hospital Level 1 license to operate

June 19, 2026

The Department of Health-Negros Island Region Center for Health Development (DOH NIR CHD) said June 17 that it formally awarded the License to Operate (LTO) as Level 1 General Hospital to Congressman Lamberto L. Macias Memorial Hospital (CLLMMH), also known as Siaton District Hospital, in Siaton, Negros Oriental.