Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) president Robert Mendoza said a protest will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 14, in what they have dubbed as "Black Hearts Day." Robert Mendoza, national president, Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) (Photo from AHW Facebook page) He explained the significance of the...
Members of the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) and various health organizations convened on Monday, Feb. 12, to condemn the ongoing neglect of health workers' welfare and the populace's right to quality healthcare under the Marcos administration. Photo from the Alliance of Health Workers Facebook...
Representatives from health civil society organizations underscored the critical link between "freedom of expression" and the "right to health" during a meeting with United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan on her official visit to the Philippines. Photo from Alliance of Health Wrokers (AHW),...
Health workers from public, private hospitals and health facilities nationwide holds a "day of protest" infront of the Department of Health (DOH) along Sta. Cruz, Manila, on 24 November 2022. Health workers demand for swift release of their One Covid-19 allowance and health emergency allowance and...
Health workers from the Lung Center of the Philippines (LCP) staged a protest on Monday, March 21, to call for a salary increase the release of "long overdue" unpaid benefits. (Photo from AHW) Eleazar Sobinsky, President of LCP Employees Association-Alliance of Health Workers said health workers...
Citing the problem of understaffing, the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) on Monday, Feb. 14, said some health workers work 12 to 16 hours a day. (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) In an interview over TeleRadyo, AHW National President Robert Mendoza said a lot of health workers already resigned, retired, or...
The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) lamented the shortened quarantine period for medical frontliners exposed to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), saying it will "further accelerate the proliferation and spread of infection." (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Health, through the...
Health workers batted for safe and most effective coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster shots as fully vaccinated medical frontliners started receiving booster shots on Wednesday, Nov. 17. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "COVID-19 booster and third doses are additional protection to health workers...
Health workers and other health organizations held a "die-in-protest" in front of the Senate gate on Tuesday, Nov. 16, to assert and demand higher health budget appropriation and salary increase. (Photo from AHW) “The actual DOH budget allotment for the Office of the Secretary under the National...
Health workers from Tondo Medical Center (TMC) held a "snake rally" and noise barrage protest on Wednesday, Oct. 27, to press for a salary increase and a higher health budget in 2022. (Photo from Alliance of Health Workers) TMC is a tertiary hospital that caters to the health needs of both in and...
Health workers from the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC) staged a lunch break protest on Wednesday, Oct. 20, to press for a higher 2022 health budget and to demand the release of their unpaid COVID-19 benefits. Health workers from Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center stage a lunch break...
Health workers decried the P1 billion budget cut on Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) of four government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCC). The Philippine Children's Medical Center (PCMC) suffered the biggest cut in MOOE with P891 million, followed by the Lung Center of the...
