{"id":250795,"date":"2020-04-01T19:27:52","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T23:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=250795"},"modified":"2020-04-01T19:27:52","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T23:27:52","slug":"duterte-vows-to-defend-health-workers-from-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/01\/duterte-vows-to-defend-health-workers-from-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte vows to defend health workers from attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: President Rodrigo Roa Duterte updates the nation on the government’s efforts in addressing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malaca\u00f1ang on March 30, 2020. KING RODRIGUEZ\/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday night vowed to defend health workers in the front line against the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) amid reports of discrimination and attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cYung mga<\/em>\u00a0front-liners,\u00a0huwag kayong mag-alala<\/em>\u00a0(To the front-liners, don\u2019t worry). I will support and defend you,\u201d he said in a late night public address.<\/p>\n

Duterte lamented how the lives of health workers were endangered, not only while battling Covid-19, but against those who wanted them harmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cItong mga trabahante, mga doktor, mga<\/em>\u00a0nurse, health workers, attendants and all,\u00a0eh hindi makauwi ng bahay, tinatapunan ninyo ng kung ano-anong mga<\/em>\u00a0chemicals\u00a0na nakakasira ng katawan. Mas una silang mamatay kay \u2018yung sa pasyente doon sa<\/em>\u00a0Covid, (These workers, doctors, nurses, health workers, attendants, they can\u2019t go home, they\u2019re being splashed with different chemicals that could harm their bodies)\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He ordered police officers go out of their stations and secure the safety of the health workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am ordering the police to go around.\u00a0Huwag kayong mag-istambay diyan sa istasyon. Maglakad kayo,<\/em>\u00a0tandem,\u00a0at maghanap kayo ng mga taong bastos<\/em>. (Don\u2019t stay there in the stations. Walk around, in tandem, and look for rude persons),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He reminded them that health workers are precisely the people who would treat them once they get sick.<\/p>\n

\u201cPagpunta mo doon sa ospital, \u2018yon \u2018yung doktor na binuhusan mo, \u2018yon \u2018yung maggagamot sa iyo sa loob ng<\/em>\u00a0hospital (When you go to a hospital, the doctor you poured chemicals over, that\u2019s the person who\u2019s going to treat you),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo let this be a warning to all. Follow government at this time because it is really critical that we have order. And do not harm the health workers, the doctors, and everything because that is a serious crime,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Archie Gamboa earlier directed police to provide security to health workers, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said in a virtual presser on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the added peace of mind of our health workers, PNP personnel manning Quarantine Control Stations are under instructions to assist them and escort them to their assigned hospitals,\u201d Nograles said.<\/p>\n

He said the PNP is committed to apply \u201cthe full might of the law\u201d against those who dared to harm health workers.<\/p>\n

A male nurse was reportedly splashed with chlorine while walking along Tres De Abril Street in Cebu City last March 27.<\/p>\n

On the same day, a front-liner in a hospital in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat was mobbed by a group of five who splattered bleach all over his face.<\/p>\n

There were also reports of health workers being denied rides and being asked to vacate their apartments.<\/p>\n

Authorities threatened to take legal actions against those who discriminate health workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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