Department Memorandum No. 2023-0401
Department Memorandum No. 2023-0401
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Emergency Medicine Specialists in DOH Hospitals to Ensure Provision of Quality Emergency and Urgent Care Services and to Assist in the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management for Health (DRRM-H) Institutionalization
Emergency Medicine Specialists in DOH Hospitals to Ensure Provision of Quality Emergency and Urgent Care Services and to Assist in the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management for Health (DRRM-H) Institutionalization
Download the issuance: DM No. 2023-0401 dated November 10, 2023
Addressed to DOH regional directors and chiefs of DOH health facilities, makes reference to Republic Act No. 10121, "Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010," and the DOH Manual of Standards and Guidelines on the Management of the Hospital Emergency Department, Second Edition.
Address further inquiries about this issuance to the DOH's Health Emergency Management Bureau.
See also: R.A. No. 10121, and its IRR; and DC No. 2022-0227
"Adapting for a Sustainable Future," 13th Annual Global Warming and Climate Change Consciousness Week, November 18 to 25, 2023. Visit the Climate Change Commission website for information.
Philippine Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week, November 18 to 24, 2023. See the official DOH social media post on #PAAW2023; also DC No. 2023-0398.
PUBLIC ADVISORY
PUBLIC ADVISORY
HFDB is different from HFSRB
For concerns related to Permit to Construct, License to Operate and Certificate of Accreditation, and for fact-finding and actions on complaints against hospitals and other health facilities, the responsible office under the Department of Health is the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB). Visit their official website for more information: hfsrb.doh.gov.ph
For concerns related to Permit to Construct, License to Operate and Certificate of Accreditation, and for fact-finding and actions on complaints against hospitals and other health facilities, the responsible office under the Department of Health is the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB). Visit their official website for more information: hfsrb.doh.gov.ph