Tag: healthcare workers

President Duterte hails healthcare workers, frontliners in essential sectors in Labor Day message

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte hailed Filipino healthcare workers and frontliners in essential sectors for their unwavering commitment amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In extolling Filipino workers in his Labor Day message, President Duterte noted Filipinos have found “new meaning” in the annual commemoration, as the country continues to battle COVID-19. “This year, we honor our Filipino workers who–fueled not just by the desire to support their families and advance their careers–have tirelessly toiled these […]

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More than 500 Venezuelan healthcare workers have died during pandemic: NGO

CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — More than 500 health workers have died in Venezuela since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, a nongovernmental organization said Monday. “The number of deaths in the health sector with criteria for Covid-19 is accelerating. Information is received of 14 new deaths to reach 513,” Medicos Unidos de Venezuela said on Twitter. Since the first cases were reported in March 2020, health care unions and NGOs have decried precarious conditions in […]

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President Duterte to health professionals: Stay and serve Filipinos, COVID-19 pandemic “will come to pass”

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday, Sept. 21, called on the country’s health professionals to stay if possible, noting that COVID-19 “will come to pass.” The President issued the appeal even after he announced the ban on the deployment of healthcare workers who have complete documentation as of Aug. 31 had already been lifted, which means they can  leave the country to work abroad. The government had only allowed health workers with complete documents as […]

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DPWH unveils plans to build temporary dorms for healthcare workers of some major hospitals in QC

(Eagle News) –The Department of Public Works and Highways unveiled plans to build temporary dormitories for healthcare workers working in major hospitals along East Avenue and Quezon Avenue in Quezon City. Undersecretary Emil Sadain, also the head of the DPWH Task Force Head for Augmentation of Health Facilities,  identified the Quezon Memorial Circle or the wide ground of Veterans Memorial Medical Center as ideal sites for the temporary accommodation of healthcare workers from East Avenue […]

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Number of health workers infected by COVID-19 now at 2,245

(Eagle News) – The number of health care workers infected with COVID-19 has risen to 2,245, the Department of Health (DOH) reported on Friday, May 15. The number includes 812 nurses, 660 physicians, 137 nursing assistants, 81 medical technologists, 42 radiologic technologists, and 260 non-medical staff. The number of recoveries among health care workers with COVID-19 has likewise climbed to 779, while the number of deaths remains at 35. Meanwhile, of 1,431 active cases, 398 […]

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