The Senate has passed on third and final reading a bill to establish a scholarship for poor students aspiring to become doctors.
already approved, too, the proposed measure is up for a bicameral committee conference to reconcile the two versions’ differing provisions.
Successful graduates are to serve as public physicians for at least 3 years, with compensation, and will receive more incentives if they serve for another two years. This is in accordance with the Universal Health Care Act. “We are at war and the doctors are the combatants. Just as we train soldiers in peace time, so must we train more in times of war. So, let it be now, with doctors and physicians,” Villanueva said after Monday’s affirmative vote at the Senate.
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