{"id":251986,"date":"2020-04-14T00:52:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T04:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=251986"},"modified":"2020-04-14T00:52:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T04:52:29","slug":"health-workers-are-ph-contribution-to-global-covid-19-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/04\/14\/health-workers-are-ph-contribution-to-global-covid-19-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Health workers are PH contribution to global Covid-19 fight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThose who have worked abroad and continuing because of their previous contracts are now our contribution for care, healing and cure to the world affected by this Covid-19 pandemic,\u201d said Bishop Ruperto Santos, vice chairman of the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant Peoples\u2019 (ECMIP) in an interview. (File Photo:<\/a> Department of Health (Philippines)\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Overseas Filipino workers, particularly those in the medical and health sector, are the Philippines’ contribution to the global fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, an official of the Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) said Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who have worked abroad and continuing because of their previous contracts are now our contribution for care, healing and cure to the world affected by this Covid-19 pandemic,\u201d said Bishop Ruperto Santos, vice chairman of the CBCP-Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant Peoples\u2019 (ECMIP) in an interview.<\/p>\n

He said OFWs who have existing contracts should be allowed to work in their host countries.<\/p>\n

Santos added that the temporary deployment suspension should be imposed on new health workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere should be temporary suspension for the new Filipino healthcare workers. We need them here, and there are jobs here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has recommended the lifting of the temporary deployment ban on Filipino health workers with existing contracts abroad.<\/p>\n

After their meeting Monday night, President Rodrigo Duterte has acceded to the recommendation to allow the travel abroad of health workers with perfected contracts.<\/p>\n

Duterte, however, expressed concern that the country might run out of medical professionals to treat local Covid-19 patients.<\/p>\n

He criticized the US for causing problems by aggressively recruiting nurses instead of relying on their own human resources. He also bared that the IATF-EID expressed hope that not all Filipino nurses would leave the country amid the rising number of cases.<\/p>\n

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., labor groups, and health workers earlier opposed the temporary overseas deployment ban, saying it violates the right to travel and promotes involuntary servitude.<\/p>\n

The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) earlier imposed a temporary suspension on the deployment of health care workers amid the national state of emergency in the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

The agency said the order was issued to ensure that the country has a sufficient number of health workers if the need arises.<\/p>\n

Among those that are temporarily barred from leaving the country are: Medical Doctor\/Physician, Nurse, Microbiologist, Medical biologist, Medical technologist, Clinical analyst, Respiratory therapist, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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