Tag: health workers

The Philippines has suspended the deployment of Filipino health workers abroad in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Filipinos honor medical workers as modern day heroes during the observance of National Heroes Day on August 31

Dahil sa kabayanihan ng mga medical frontliner sa bansa ay marami ang mga naitatalang gumagaling mula sa Covid-19

Bishop Ruperto Santos said people should honor “modern day heroes” who put their own lives at risk to save others amid the pandemic

Volunteers can care for Covid-19 positive patients in public or private quarantine facilities, even those who have opted for home quarantine

“We are not machines. We are not tools…. We are human beings with needs and with limitations,” said Cardinal Tagle

Healthcare workers’ group Second Opinion PH said the problem is the "militarist" policy framework of the government’s response

In a statement on August 7, hospital labor unions called on authorities “to lay bare the true state of our situation.”

The president again tried to deflect blame by equating criticism with a conspiracy to overthrow the government.

The elevated stress level, to say nothing of day-to-day exposure to the virus, is enough to put the lives of health workers at risk.