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'Shortage' of Philippine nurses not true, says group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 02:42 PM

Filipino Nurses United said the Philippines has produced more than 935,000 nurses as of June 2022. Read more »

Next Health Secretary should have 'malasakit' - group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 09:49 AM

The next chief of the Department of Health should be someone who has ‘malasakit’ or concern for the Filipino people, a group of nurses said Monday. Read more »

Group asks PRC to revoke Badoy’s physician license

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 07:43 PM

Members of the Alliance of Health Workers on Monday filed a complaint against NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Usec. Lorraine Badoy at the PRC. Read more »

Nurses frustrated with Comelec requirements for party-list accreditation: group

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Updated as of Nov 25 05:40 PM

Nurses are frustrated that the Comelec seems to be asking many requirements before their party-list group is allowed to run in the 2022 elections, a leader of their group said. Read more »

Nurses reject 'singular allowance' proposal by DOH

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Posted at Sep 28 10:57 AM

A group of nurses rejected Tuesday the Department of Health's proposal for a "singular allowance" as it would reduce their current monetary benefits. Read more »

Doc speaks up on viral Roque outburst at IATF meeting

Benise Balaoing, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 04:56 PM

Dr. Maricar Limpin, who was at the receiving end of Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque’s now-viral outburst, has spoken up on what happened. Read more »

Health workers to Roque: Sumusobra ka na

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Posted at Sep 10 01:02 PM

Health workers lashed back at Harry Roque for castigating doctors who warned that relaxing lockdowns could lead to a further spike of COVID-19 cases. Read more »

PH healthcare system might collapse if medical workers go on strike: group

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Updated as of Aug 17 01:04 PM

The country's healthcare system might collapse if government does not give its medical frontliners their due benefits, the Philippine Nurses Association said Tuesday. Read more »

‘Unneccessary’, ‘unjust’: Nurses’ group reiterates appeal to end deployment ban

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Updated as of Jun 23 09:28 AM

Filipino Nurses United president Maristela Abenojar, in an interview on ANC, said there were enough nurses in the country even if the government lifts the ban. Read more »

Nurses willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine, but want peer review first - group

Trishia Billones, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 05:23 AM

A nurses' group on Thursday said a survey among their members found that while most of them are willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine, they want one that has gone through Phase 3 of the clinical trials and peer review. Read more »

'Killing me softly': Nurses' group urges govt to lift cap on deployment ban

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 08:39 AM

A group of Filipino nurses on Monday urged government to lift its cap on healthcare workers allowed to work abroad and pay on time those who serve in the frontlines against COVID-19. Read more »

Imbes na extension, pag-lift sa deployment ban giit ng grupo ng mga nurse

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Posted at Oct 01 08:22 PM

Muling ipinanawagan ng nurses group ang mungkahi nilang alisin na ang pinaiiral na pansamantalang ban sa deployment sa mga health worker dahil wala namang kakulangan sa bansa. Read more »

'Wag nating pigilan': Nurses' group blasts deployment ban

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Posted at Aug 31 09:42 AM

Nurse Carmela Luisa Tan is among thousands of healthcare workers appealing for government to totally lift the ban on their deployment for better opportunities abroad.   Read more »

Inside Johnson & Johnson’s nonstop hunt for a coronavirus vaccine

Carl Zimmer, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 21 06:46 AM

The coronavirus has now infected about 14.4 million people worldwide and killed more than 600,000. Millions more may die. The only hope for a long-term protection, literally the only shot at a return to normal life, is an effective vaccine.   Read more »

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

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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 »

Volunteer nurses told to sign waiver clearing DOH if they contract COVID-19, nurses' group says

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Updated as of Apr 15 08:25 AM

"With volunteer, they do not have employer relationship. In fact, they are asked to sign a waiver wherein in case they are contracting the disease COVID-19, then the DOH has no responsibility over them. This is why we want them to be hired, hired with security of tenure," Abenojar added. Read more »