Senator Francis Tolentino on Tuesday commended the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) for allowing 1,500 new medical graduates to join in the government’s fight against the novel coronavirus or COVID-19 threat.
Tolentino issued the statement following IATF Spokesperson Karlo Nograles’ pronouncement that they have adopted the Interim Guidelines for the Granting of Special Authorization for the Limited Practice of Medical Graduates as presented by the Department of Health .
This was after the DOH issued a call for volunteer doctors and nurses to help in the government’s COVID-19 response. Over 1,500 medical school graduates were scheduled to take the Physician Licensure Examination administered by the Professional Licensure Examination scheduled last March 8, 9, 15 and 16.
“These medical school graduates are sufficiently equipped to support our health care workers in the public hospitals and that they shall be a big help to our fight against the pandemic,” Tolentino said.
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