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Healthworker deployment cap only for new hires: DOLE

Gillan Ropero, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 08:24 AM

The 5,000-deployment cap on healthworkers is applicable only to new hires, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Tuesday after a nurses group urged government to remove the limit. Read more »

PH medical workers take to streets due to delayed payments, grievances

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 02:44 AM

Delayed payments and other grievances prompted some medical front line personnel to take their issues to the streets.  Read more »

COVID-19 infections among health workers declining: WHO

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 14 04:04 AM

GENEVA - Health workers have since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic been disproportionately affected by the crisis, but the WHO said Tuesday their high infection levels had finally begun to subside. Read more »

P8,000 kada buwan? Nurses patuloy ang panawagan ng taas-sahod

Zen Hernandez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 08:03 PM

Sahod ang numero unong dahilan kung bakit maraming nurse ang gustong umalis ng bansa.  Read more »

ALAMIN: Medical workers na pinapayagan nang mag-abroad

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 08:44 PM

Pangamba kasi ng pamalaan, posible daw "maubusan" ng health professionals ang bansa, na hanggang ngayon ay hindi di pa rin maaawat ang paglobo ng COVID-19 cases.  Read more »

WHO urges safety for health workers bearing brunt of virus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 04:28 AM

Too many doctors and nurses are paying the ultimate price while battling COVID-19, the World Health Organization said Thursday as it launched a charter aiming to boost safety for health workers. Read more »

Over 7,000 health workers dead from coronavirus, Amnesty says

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 04 05:40 AM

MEXICO CITY - At least 7,000 health workers worldwide have died after being infected with the coronavirus, including more than 1,300 in Mexico alone, the most for any country, Amnesty International said Thursday.   Read more »

Duterte: Gov't will provide food, shelter for health workers evicted from homes

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 12:33 PM

MANILA - Healthcare frontliners who have been displaced or evicted by their landlords and lessors amid the coronavirus pandemic will be provided with food and shelter by government, President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday, as the country celebrated National Heroes' Day.   Read more »

Tribute to medical workers on Heroes' Day

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 11:30 AM

Workers' rights advocates pay tribute to 38 fallen medical frontliners in a protest action at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City on Monday, National Heroes Day.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: August 27, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 28 12:32 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Farmers pay tribute to frontliners

AFP
Posted at Aug 27 09:46 PM

This photo taken Thursday shows farmers drying corn, soybean and hot pepper, as they form an image paying respect to medical workers and soldiers in China.  Read more »

Angono artist pays tribute to frontliners through oil painting

Jervis Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 19 05:11 AM

MANILA - A young artist from the art capital of the Philippines is paying tribute to frontliners through a recently-launched masterpiece. Read more »

Time to attend to the needs of our medical workers

Aneth Ng-Lim
Posted at Aug 10 09:15 AM

For 4 days now, the Philippines holds the number 1 spot in ASEAN. Sadly, the leaderboard is not one that brings us pride but fear: we now have the highest number of recorded COVID-19 infections. Worse, there seems to be no relief in sight as cases continue to rise, many coming from battered Metro Manila. Read more »

Support health workers

Czar Dancel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 06 07:51 PM

A man walks his dog past a graffiti in Valenzuela by Sim Tolentino and Bria Barrios showing support for health workers on Thursday.  Read more »

Sotto ensures benefits for coronavirus-infected health workers in Bayanihan 2 Act

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 02:02 AM

Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Mondaysaid benefits for health workers who were infected by COVID-19 will be included in the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2). Read more »

Health workers want to help, not 'demean' gov’t with COVID-19 suggestions: PMA

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 03 09:59 AM

 Medical frontliners gave suggestions on the country’s pandemic response to “help” authorities and not to “demean” the government as claimed by President Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine Medical Association said Monday.    Read more »

Caloocan City Medical closed for a week after coronavirus hits some workers: mayor

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 09:13 AM

The Caloocan City Medical Center-South (CCMC) will be closed for a week from Friday after some of its staff caught the novel coronavirus, Mayor Oscar Malapitan said. Read more »

Robredo's office sets up temporary shelters for Lung Center frontliners

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 10:22 PM

MANILA - Vice President Leni Robredo said Monday her office has set up temporary shelters for medical frontliners of the Lung Center of the Philippines who battle the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Read more »

World needs 'green recovery', health pros tell G20 leaders

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 26 08:21 AM

Trillions of dollars, euros and yuan pouring into post-pandemic economies must build a "healthy and green recovery", 200 medical groups representing 40 million health professionals worldwide told G20 leaders Tuesday in an open letter.   Read more »

Afghan doctors protest over unpaid salaries amid coronavirus outbreak

Storay Karimi, Reuters
Posted at May 19 11:27 PM

More than 200 doctors and medical staff took part in protests in the western Afghan city of Herat on Tuesday, saying they had not been paid for 3 months while risking their lives to treat coronavirus patients.   Read more »