MANILA, Nov. 24 – The Department of Health appreciates the interest of the legislators on the plight of the health workers in the Philippines, particularly nurses, many of whom remain unemployed or underemployed. This gives the DOH an excellent opportunity to draw attention to the whole picture of the current situation. “While it is true that the Nurses Deployment Program (NDP) reduced the number of hired nurses by 6,970 in 2017, nobody will really lose […]