Villanueva: PH must shore up health frontliners versus Delta variant

With the full brunt of Covid-19’s Delta variant looming on the horizon, Senator Joel Villanueva is calling on the government to step up its hiring of health personnel, beginning with the 5,008 nurses who hurdled the recent board exams.

“Kailangan na ng reinforcements ang ating mga frontlines. We’ve spent 16 months fighting this pandemic, and the unseen enemy has been mutating into more dangerous strains,” the chair of the Senate labor committee said.

“Mukhang wala tayong timeout sa pandemyang ito, kaya dapat lamang na patuloy tayo maging alerto para hindi na sumunod sa nangyari sa mga bansang tinamaan ng Delta variant tulad ng India at Indonesia,” Villanueva said.

He said the 5,008 passers of the nurses licensure examination held earlier this month can ease staffing shortages in public hospitals and other health facilities.

Another talent pool the government can draw from is the batch of 1,234 doctors who passed the licensure tests in May.

Villanueva said the government should provide funds to the Department of Health “so the latter can go on a hiring binge.”

To boost the morale of frontliners, “we have to make sure they are paid what is due them on time and in full,” Villanueva added.

“Siguruhin po natin na kung sino man ang nagnanais maglingkod sa gobyerno bilang public health frontliners, ibigay po natin sa kanila ang nararapat sa kanilang mga sakripisyo,” he said.

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