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                    [Title] => Get anti-tetanus shots, New Year revelers told
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Disease experts yesterday warned New Year revelers that ignoring minor cuts and burns from firecracker blasts could cost them their lives.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 428648 [Title] => Victims of firecracker injuries advised to get anti-tetanus shots [Summary] =>

The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday asked those who suffered injuries and burns from firecracker blasts during the New Year revelry to have anti-tetanus shots to prevent infection.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 369958 [Title] => Health workers, nursing students stage protest rally [Summary] => More than 300 medical health workers and nursing students, along with patients from the state-owned San Lazaro Hospital, staged a protest rally at the hospital’s quadrangle, denouncing an order to classify patients by age instead of by illness.

Remy Maltu, the hospital’s association president, said they are worried about the patients as "some might be contaminated with diseases far worse than their own."

Under the department order, patients are either placed at the adult ward or the pediatrics ward.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 370153 [Title] => Health workers, nursing students stage protest rally [Summary] => More than 300 medical health workers and nursing students, along with patients from the state-owned San Lazaro Hospital, staged a protest rally at the hospital’s quadrangle, denouncing an order to classify patients by age instead of by illness.

Remy Maltu, the hospital’s association president, said they are worried about the patients as "some might be contaminated with diseases far worse than their own."

Under the department order, patients are either placed at the adult ward or the pediatrics ward.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 315606 [Title] => ’Cracker victims told anew to get anti-tetanus shots [Summary] => A health official reiterated yesterday his call to those who sustained firecracker-related wounds to immediately seek medical help or else risk tetanus.

Dr. Eric Tayag, director of the Department of Health (DOH)’s National Epidemiology Center, said even though a week has already passed since the New Year’s Eve revelry, there is still time for people wounded or burned by firecracker blasts to get tetanus antitoxin shots.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270998 [Title] => Get anti-tetanus shots, DOH advises would-be penitents [Summary] => The Lord will protect you from evil, but inoculation will protect you from tetanus.

The Department of Health (DOH) advised penitents yesterday — especially those who self-flagellate — to have themselves vaccinated against tetanus before performing their religious penance this Holy Week.

"We hope they can get tetanus shots because this will protect them against infection," said Dr. Luningning Villa, head of the DOH’s Unit for Emerging Diseases.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267771 [Title] => Firecracker victims urged to seek medical treatment [Summary] => People involved in firecracker accidents during the New Year’s Eve revelry should get anti-tetanus shots now before tetanus sets in, a health expert said yesterday.

Dr. Arturo Cabanban, who heads the government-run San Lazaro Hospital (SLH) in Sta. Cruz, Manila, said it usually takes one to three weeks for symptoms of tetanus to appear in a person who was injured and did not seek treatment.
[DatePublished] => 2005-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233804 [Title] => Firecracker victims should get anti-tetanus shots [Summary] => Health experts reiterated yesterday their call for New Year revelers who suffered injuries or burns from firecracker blasts to get anti-tetanus shots.

Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit said that there might be a "tetanus epidemic" this month if revelers will not seek proper treatment for firecracker injuries.

"After washing the wounds, they should get anti-tetanus shots. The same goes for those who only suffered burns," he noted.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Get anti-tetanus shots, New Year revelers told
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Disease experts yesterday warned New Year revelers that ignoring minor cuts and burns from firecracker blasts could cost them their lives.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 428648 [Title] => Victims of firecracker injuries advised to get anti-tetanus shots [Summary] =>

The Department of Health (DOH) yesterday asked those who suffered injuries and burns from firecracker blasts during the New Year revelry to have anti-tetanus shots to prevent infection.

[DatePublished] => 2009-01-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 369958 [Title] => Health workers, nursing students stage protest rally [Summary] => More than 300 medical health workers and nursing students, along with patients from the state-owned San Lazaro Hospital, staged a protest rally at the hospital’s quadrangle, denouncing an order to classify patients by age instead of by illness.

Remy Maltu, the hospital’s association president, said they are worried about the patients as "some might be contaminated with diseases far worse than their own."

Under the department order, patients are either placed at the adult ward or the pediatrics ward.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 370153 [Title] => Health workers, nursing students stage protest rally [Summary] => More than 300 medical health workers and nursing students, along with patients from the state-owned San Lazaro Hospital, staged a protest rally at the hospital’s quadrangle, denouncing an order to classify patients by age instead of by illness.

Remy Maltu, the hospital’s association president, said they are worried about the patients as "some might be contaminated with diseases far worse than their own."

Under the department order, patients are either placed at the adult ward or the pediatrics ward.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804518 [AuthorName] => Ghio Ong [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 315606 [Title] => ’Cracker victims told anew to get anti-tetanus shots [Summary] => A health official reiterated yesterday his call to those who sustained firecracker-related wounds to immediately seek medical help or else risk tetanus.

Dr. Eric Tayag, director of the Department of Health (DOH)’s National Epidemiology Center, said even though a week has already passed since the New Year’s Eve revelry, there is still time for people wounded or burned by firecracker blasts to get tetanus antitoxin shots.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 270998 [Title] => Get anti-tetanus shots, DOH advises would-be penitents [Summary] => The Lord will protect you from evil, but inoculation will protect you from tetanus.

The Department of Health (DOH) advised penitents yesterday — especially those who self-flagellate — to have themselves vaccinated against tetanus before performing their religious penance this Holy Week.

"We hope they can get tetanus shots because this will protect them against infection," said Dr. Luningning Villa, head of the DOH’s Unit for Emerging Diseases.
[DatePublished] => 2005-03-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 267771 [Title] => Firecracker victims urged to seek medical treatment [Summary] => People involved in firecracker accidents during the New Year’s Eve revelry should get anti-tetanus shots now before tetanus sets in, a health expert said yesterday.

Dr. Arturo Cabanban, who heads the government-run San Lazaro Hospital (SLH) in Sta. Cruz, Manila, said it usually takes one to three weeks for symptoms of tetanus to appear in a person who was injured and did not seek treatment.
[DatePublished] => 2005-01-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 233804 [Title] => Firecracker victims should get anti-tetanus shots [Summary] => Health experts reiterated yesterday their call for New Year revelers who suffered injuries or burns from firecracker blasts to get anti-tetanus shots.

Health Secretary Manuel Dayrit said that there might be a "tetanus epidemic" this month if revelers will not seek proper treatment for firecracker injuries.

"After washing the wounds, they should get anti-tetanus shots. The same goes for those who only suffered burns," he noted.
[DatePublished] => 2004-01-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804896 [AuthorName] => Sheila Crisostomo [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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