Pagpapanagot sa DOH, giit sa National Heroes’ Day
Pinangunahan ng Health Alliance for Democracy at iba pang grupo ang protesta sa harapan ng Department of Health (DOH) sa Araw ng mga Bayani, Agosto 30.
KODAO KLASIK: Diagnosing Poverty, Building Community
In the 1990s, young medical doctors Julie Caguiat and Gene Nisperos spent the first years of their practice helping poor peasants and indigenous peoples in the hinterlands of Bukidnon Province.
Doctor, family receive death threats
“Sa panahon ngayon, ang gumawa ng kabutihan at manindigan sa tama ang siyang tinutugis. Naghahasik na takot dahil sa takot dinadaan ang pamumuno. Dapat ito labanan. Sa lahat ng anyo. Sa lahat ng pagkakataon.”
Health Workers storm Malacañang over budget cuts and lack of salary increases
Ayon sa Alliance of Health Workers, tuluyan nang tinalikuran ng gobyerno ang obligasyon nito na bigyan ng maayos at abot-kayang serbisyong medikal ang taumbayan. Taun-taon ay binabawasan ang budget sa mga serbisyo habang pinalalaki ang budget sa pambansang depensa at pork barrel ng mga kongresista.
Health Workers commemorate national health day
Public health workers trooped to the Department of Health headquarters in downtown Manila May 7 to commemorate National Health Workers’ Day with a protest rally. Calling for free health service for the people and increased salaries, the workers slammed the Rodrigo Duterte regime for implementing contractualization in the health sector.
Health workers condemn killing of 3rd barrio doctor
Health workers in Manila held a rally in front of the Philippine General Hospital Thursday to condemn the killing of Doctor George Repique Jr., the third “doctor to the barrios” killed under the Rodrigo Duterte government. Repique, Cavite province health officer, was killed by gunmen on board a motorcycle last July 12 in Trece Martirez […]