DOH seeks amendment to Magna Carta of Public Health Workers

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Health workers from the government-run Philippine General Hospital hold placards as they ask the government to release their risk allowances amid rising Covid-19 coronavirus infections, in Manila on August 26, 2021.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health said Friday it is pushing to amend the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers and to standardize the salaries of medical professionals in private and public health facilities.

 

Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, officer-in-charge of the DOH, called on lawmakers to support the agency’s priority legislations to ensure the welfare of healthcare workers.

 

Vergeire said the Magna Carta Public Health Workers, which was enacted 30 years ago, needs to be amended to cover both public and private healthcare workers in the country.

 

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