Tag: Healthcare
Philippine medical practitioners call for stricter quarantine measures
The doctors warned that the Philippines might suffer the fate of New York City, with patients dying at home or in stretchers due to COVID-19
Health is a right, not a privilege
With many far-flung communities unable to get the services of doctors, how can we expect to fight a deadly viral infection?
Bishop calls for implementation of Philippines’ universal health care law
Bishop Oscar Jaime Florencio said the implementation of the law can be a "test" of how effective it is
Overburdened Philippine health care system
To help the government in addressing the coronavirus crisis, the Church has mobilized its machinery to extend help to the poor and the marginalized.
People living with HIV face hardships due to COVID-19 lockdown
It is discrimination and stigma that kill people living with HIV, not the disease itself
Fears that India’s health system will buckle under pandemic strain
‘Hospitals aren’t equipped enough to cater to the basic ailments of the people in normal times’
Philippine church groups offer online medical, spiritual consultation
People need someone to talk to — online or over-the-phone conversations can help boost spirits
Rights group warns of coronavirus ‘tinderbox’ in Myanmar displacement camps
Years of 'conflict, abuse, and neglect' leave most vulnerable in peril
Cardinal Zen blasts WHO for ‘pathetically shying away’ from Taiwan’s coronavirus...
Former bishop of Hong Kong questions whether WHO can be trusted
Philippines gets act together, races to open quarantine centers
Officials hope the new quarantine facilities and dormitories, and expanded testing capacity, will help defuse social tensions















