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Build portfolio by working for gov’t, health workers told
By Fernan Angeles DAYS after the government lifted its deployment ban on health workers wanting greener pasture elsewhere, Malacañang urged healthcare workers to apply for positions under the government’s emergency hiring program amid the COVID-19 crisis, if only to be able to establish a working portfolio seen fit for them when applying to work abroad.…
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Health workers can’t leave PHL for now
By Fernan Angeles The Philippine government maintained its overseas deployment ban on health workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a resolution issued by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF), the temporary ban on deployment of medical workers and those in the allied services to other countries was further extended.…
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What revolt? Docs ward off allegations
By John Clifford Lintao MEDICAL organizations behind the call for a two-week enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila to give health workers a respite from the rising number of COVID-19 said they never thought of instigating a revolution, not even leaving their patients. In a statement, the Philippine College of Physicians its call for a…