The fire that broke out at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) showed how people are really good at heart by making sure all people in the hospital were evacuated safely. (Photo courtesy of Jhing Talan / MANILA BULLETIN) Jhing Talan, a fellow-in-training in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at...
In celebration of International Nurses Day, St. Luke's Medical Center (SLMC) paid tribute to all of its nurses by putting up its own version of community pantry in both hospitals in Bonifacio Global City and Quezon City. The Nurses Pantry (Photo from SLMC) Called the "Nurses Pantry," the initiative...
An estimated 30 percent of the Filipino nurses who were displaced from their jobs abroad as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are willing to work in the Philippines temporarily. (Screengrab from DOLE Facebook live) Marianito Roque, former Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)...
On International Nurse Day, a group renewed its appeal for just compensation and benefits for Filipino nurses. (JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE) Maristela Abenojar, President of Filipino Nurses United, said in an interview with Teleradyo on Tuesday, May 12, nurses in public hospitals have...
Vice President Leni Robredo is calling on nurses, allied health workers, and medical interns and clerks apart from doctors to volunteer for her initiative, the Bayanihan E-Konsulta free medical teleconsult service for COVID-19 and non-COVID outpatients. Robredo opened the registration for medical...
Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Monday, April 26, has called on nurses and doctors to work in hospitals in the country as there is a need for more healthcare workers to man medical facilities amid the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. A medical worker walks on the aisle of...
A group of nurses has batted for separate isolation wards for health workers to allow medical frontliners to be treated or isolated. A nurse checks on a patient who has recovered from COVID-19 as he donates plasma (Maria Tan / AFP/Getty Images / MANILA BULLETIN) "Dapat po yung mga ospital natin,...
A group of nurses has appealed anew to the Department of Health (DOH) to hire more nurses amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surge. (Angel Garcia/Bloomberg) In an interview over DZMM on Sunday, April 25, Filipino Nurses United (FNU) secretary general Jocelyn Andamo said health workers remain...
Medium Rare Jullie Y. Daza No doubt, we need them. Wanted, not only for the “frontliners” and heroes that they are, but because they are just like us. They feel pain and disappointment. They work their butts off to serve their fellowmen, their own families. They are human and get tired,...
Iza Calzado with the team of nurses (Instagram) Iza Calzado has put on spotlight the team of nurses who helped her recover from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). She shared on Instagram photos of her with the nurses from the Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Muntinlupa, where she was...
