Samahan ang Coalition for People's Right to Health at Council for Health and Development himayin ang mga sinabi (at hindi sinabi) ng pangulo sa kanyang ika-limang SONA hinggil sa kalagayan ng kalusugan at direksyon ng mga programa ng pamahalaan hinggil dito.
ATM: NUPL lawyers with @GabrielaWomenPL Secretary-General Jang Monte are filing the petition for mass testing with the SC. Monte is representing her minor child, 11 year old Via Leigh Hernandez, who is one of the 11 petitioners.
Debie Faigmani, one of the 11 petitioners, is also present. He is a union officer and the Secretary General of the Drug, Food and Allied Workers Federation - Kilusang Mayo Uno (DFA-KMU). #FreeMassTestingNow#TayoAngLunas#LawyerAllRise
The 1987 Constitution prescribes the protection & promotion of the right to health of people (Sec. 15, Art. II). Acdg to the Supreme Court in Imbong v. Ochoa (G.R. No. 204819, 08 April 2014), this is a self-executing provision which needs no law to be implemented. #KnowYourRights
NUPL lawyers and @GabrielaWomenPL SecGen Jang Monte in front of the Supreme Court after having filed the petition. Also with them is another petitioner, Dr. Joshua San Pedro, community doctor and convener of Coalition for People’s Right to Health (CPRH).
“Pag walang mass testing, hindi natin matitiyak sino ang kailangang gamutin, sino ang kailangang i-isolate, sino ang kailangang magquarantine ... napakahalaga yon para alam ng mga anak ko, at alam namin bilang mga magulang, kung paano gagalaw sa labas ng bahay ang aming mga anak”
REST IN PEACE. The Philippine Heart Association reports that its former president, Dr. Raul Jara, has passed away due to COVID-19. Maraming salamat po sa inyong serbisyo! 📷 Philippine Heart Association
PANOORIN: Iba't ibang grupo ng health workers, nagmartsa mula España Blvd. patungong Mendiola sa Maynila para magsagawa ng rally.
Ginastos na P50 million sa "kaldero" o cauldron para sa #SEAGames2019, sana'y nagamit na lamang daw sa pagsasaayos ng public health system. @dzbb
TINGNAN: Protesta ng iba't ibang grupo ng health workers.
Ayon sa kanila, ang P50 million na ginastos sa "kaldero" o cauldron para sa #SEAGames2019 ay maaari sanang magamit ng mga pasyenteng may sakit o pagpapatayo ng dagdag na health stations. @dzbb
Amid transportation crisis controversy, health workers and advocates also declare crisis in health care system, citing lack of supplies and equipment in government hospitals, lack of health workers who are mostly underpaid, PGH budget cut, etc.
Alliance of Health Workers President Robert Mendoza challenges President Duterte to seek medical help at the National Orthopedic Hospital amid supposed health care system crisis, after Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo accepted public transport crisis challenge.
A group of doctors is asking President Duterte to lift the ban on the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, while another set of experts vehemently oppose the move | https://t.co/sDo55hwVGt
Coalition for People’s Right to Health at iba pang health groups, nagpahayag ng pagtutol sa paggamit muli ng Dengvaxia para sa dumaraming kaso ng dengue @DZMMTeleRadyo
LOOK | Alliance of Health Workers pickets against the AFP's red-tagging, or alleging of communist ties, at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Friday. (via @PhilippineStar)
LOOK: Health groups protest Facebook PH office over latter’s inaction on complaints regarding pages, posts that vilify the groups. Groups incl Alliance of Health Workers, Council for Health & Development, Health Alliance for Democracy, & Health Action for Human Rights.