A group of health workers is calling for the restoration of the P10-billion cut in the Department of Health budget as well as the P1.7-billion cut in specialty hospitals and P2-billion budget cut for the Philippine General Hospital for next year.
The Alliance of Health Workers trooped to Congress yesterday as the House of Representatives started its plenary deliberations on the DOH’s 2024 budget.MANILA, Philippines — A group of health workers is calling for the restoration of the P10-billion cut in the Department of Health ’s budget as well as the P1.7-billion cut in specialty hospitals and P2-billion budget cut for the Philippine General Hospital for next year.
It added that inadequate hospital allotments are killing poor patients, making health workers further overworked and underpaid. Health workers also appealed to legislators that the DOH budget amounting to P27.9 billion for the purchase and allocation of drugs, medicines and vaccines be directly allocated to the 69 DOH hospitals as part of their maintenance and operating expenses to avoid annual wastage of medicines and supplies stored at the DOH warehouse.
“The unresolved problem of chronic and severe understaffing will eventually lead to the closure of public hospitals and collapse of the entire public health care system,” Pacheco added.Meanwhile, the DOH has advised the public to immediately consult a primary care facility once they experience signs and symptoms associated with the Nipah virus.
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