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1,200 more health workers can go abroad with Duterte blessing: Labor chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 11:21 AM

A maximum of 1,200 health workers can now go abroad after President Rodrigo Duterte approved further exceptions from an overseas deployment suspension, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Tuesday.    Read more »

Nurse na may COVID-19 di agad nadala sa ospital dahil sa diskriminasyon

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 15 04:05 PM

Kuwento ng 21-anyos nurse na si Marlo De Guzman, Linggo pa sana siya nadala sa ospital at ang 3 pang kasama na nagpositibo sa COVID-19 pero naantala ito dahil sa anila'y pandidiri at diskriminasyon.  Read more »

Infection higher in hospital cleaners than ICU staff: report

Kelly Macnamara, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 11 07:33 AM

Intensive care medics were significantly less likely to have been infected with COVID-19 than cleaners and other healthcare workers in departments deemed lower risk, according to a study of several British hospitals at the peak of the pandemic. Read more »

MECQ walang saysay kung walang bagong istratehiya vs COVID-19: mga grupo

Kristine Sabillo. ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 07:35 PM

"Si Duque po ay incompetent, walang silbi, walang kuwenta sa pag-lead ng DOH, sa pagsugpo ng COVID-19... Ang aming panawagan po, panawagan ng kabataan - agarang pagpapatalsik sa isang Pangulo na hindi kinikilala ang karapatan, ang kalusugan ng mga Pilipino," giit ni Jedmar Cueto, presidente ng Philippine Medical Students Association. Read more »

Health workers' plea

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 04:22 PM

Health workers on Monday hold a protest at the Jose Reyes Memorial Hospital in Manila City following the death due to COVID-19 of their colleague, Judyn Bonn Suerte. Read more »

Doctors, nurses to Duterte: It’s a call for help, not revolution

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 03:11 PM

Health workers groups on Monday said no one from the sector was calling for revolution, as alleged by President Rodrigo Duterte. Instead, they are calling for help as more health workers get infected with COVID-19 amid being overworked and underpaid. Read more »

Virus fighters tell Duterte: We never called for revolt

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 03:31 PM

A group of health workers said Monday it never called for a revolution when it urged authorities to bring back stricter pandemic lockdowns, contrary to a remark by President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

'Itago na lang': Health workers' group says rapid antibody tests inaccurate

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 03 12:22 PM

MANILA — Massive use of rapid antibody tests could be one reason for the increase in coronavirus infections in the Philippines, a group of health professionals warned Monday, adding that the tests are sometimes only 50 percent accurate.  Read more »

Jobs aplenty, few takers: DOH struggles to find doctors, nurses for COVID-19 fight

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 01:06 PM

MANILA — The government is ready to hire more health workers but the problem now is that there are almost no applicants, the Department of Health revealed on Monday.  Read more »

Health dep't gave 'industrial, not medical-grade' masks to San Lazaro Hospital: nurses group

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 03:07 PM

MANILA — The health department sent workers at the San Lazaro Hospital in Manila City industrial-grade masks that might not help them dodge the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, a nurses group said Monday. Read more »

Manila's Bonifacio Memorial Medical emergency room closed for 3 days due to COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 20 02:37 PM

The emergency room at the Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center in the capital is closed for 3 days from Monday noon due to a spike of patients with the novel coronavirus, its management said.  Read more »

111 Central Visayas health workers have coronavirus, most from Cebu City: DOH

Annie Perez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 10 11:54 AM

A total of 111 health workers in Central Visayas have been infected with the novel coronavirus, with Cebu City accounting for most of the cases, the Department of Health said Thursday.    Read more »

Spain health workers protest at virus shortages

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 26 06:55 AM

Spanish health workers on the front line of the fight against coronavirus gathered on Monday outside hospitals in the Madrid region to rally against shortages of protective equipment.   Read more »

Wanted: More doctors, molecular biologists in DOH’s fight vs coronavirus

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 20 07:44 PM

The DOH on Wednesday said it has been getting a lot of volunteers for the country’s COVID-19 response program, except for some professions.  Read more »

Doctors, nurses, other health workers with COVID-19 now at 1,552; 232 recovered — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 30 12:12 AM

MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) announced on Wednesday that the number of health workers with COVID-19 have gone up to 1,552. Read more »

New coronavirus infects 1,245 health workers in Philippines

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 27 08:34 PM

MANILA — The number of hospital and medical care personnel in the Philippines who acquired the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has gone up to 1,245, a Health official said Monday. Read more »

DOH: 15,000 doctors, nurses, other healthcare workers needed in COVID-19 battle in Philippines

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 23 11:10 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday that it will need around 15,000 doctors, nurses, and other health workers to aid in the fight against the coronavrus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.  Read more »

DOH: More than 750 doctors, health workers in PH are COVID-19 positive

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 05:28 PM

Of the 766 total, 339 are doctors and 242 are nurses. The DOH did not mention the exact professions of the remaining 185 health care workers.   Read more »

252 health workers infected with COVID-19 — DOH

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 08 09:28 PM

MANILA — The Department of Health on Wednesday said that at least 252 health workers in the Philippines have been infected by COVID-19. Read more »

Protect our frontline health workers

Teodoro B. Padilla -- Medicine Matters
Posted at Mar 31 02:43 AM

We must protect our frontline health workers or face the grim prospect of a paralyzed health system at the worst possible time.  Read more »