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The issue is two-fold:
1. Health workers are exhausted and they sorely need a break.
2. The proposed solution is to revert back to ECQ (or impose more stringent restrictions on movement).
Both are important but should be addressed separately. 1/
1. Health workers are exhausted and they sorely need a break.
2. The proposed solution is to revert back to ECQ (or impose more stringent restrictions on movement).
Both are important but should be addressed separately. 1/
HWs are tired. Their patient load continues to increase but their own numbers are decreasing. Many are getting sick themselves.
Their morale is low because gov't has let them down. They can't get the protection and benefits they deserve.
They need time to rest, to breathe. 2/
Their morale is low because gov't has let them down. They can't get the protection and benefits they deserve.
They need time to rest, to breathe. 2/
The complaints of HWs are real and valid.
Those working in hospitals are our last lines of defense. When they speak, we should take notice.
That they are appealing now conveys a sense of urgency. Let us not wait until they are desperate, angry, or absent, before we act. 3/
Those working in hospitals are our last lines of defense. When they speak, we should take notice.
That they are appealing now conveys a sense of urgency. Let us not wait until they are desperate, angry, or absent, before we act. 3/
We are NOT doing better.
Our people are getting sick. Our health workers are bearing the burden. Our health system is straining.
But govt is still singing a different tune.
We need to debunk the lies and expose the false narratives of the Du30 govt re PH COVID-19 response. 1/
Our people are getting sick. Our health workers are bearing the burden. Our health system is straining.
But govt is still singing a different tune.
We need to debunk the lies and expose the false narratives of the Du30 govt re PH COVID-19 response. 1/
"We were unprepared for this." - Usec Vergeire
It's been almost 6 months after the first COVID case in PH. Unpreparedness is no longer a valid excuse.
You were late. You were overconfident. You had no sense of urgency. You still don't.
Taga-bilang na lang ba ang DOH, Usec? 2/
It's been almost 6 months after the first COVID case in PH. Unpreparedness is no longer a valid excuse.
You were late. You were overconfident. You had no sense of urgency. You still don't.
Taga-bilang na lang ba ang DOH, Usec? 2/
"We have flattened the curve since April." - Sec Duque
Last April, the DOH backlog in unconfirmed positive cases was around 6000-8000 per day. Now it's 19,000-20,000.
DOH data, even after shifting to COVID KAYA, is still NOT timely and accurate.
Para kang hindi doktor, Sec. 3/
Last April, the DOH backlog in unconfirmed positive cases was around 6000-8000 per day. Now it's 19,000-20,000.
DOH data, even after shifting to COVID KAYA, is still NOT timely and accurate.
Para kang hindi doktor, Sec. 3/
The recent Cebu fiasco reveals much about the level of (un)preparedness vs COVID-19 in PH, esp by the DOH.
We should learn from it ASAP if we want to stave off an impending disaster here in NCR and in other COVID hotspots. 1/
We should learn from it ASAP if we want to stave off an impending disaster here in NCR and in other COVID hotspots. 1/
In terms of health capacity, Cebu is neither underserved nor resource poor. It has several big tertiary hospitals as well as medical and health sciences schools.
Yet in less than two weeks, the system was overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases.
This is not due to "mga pasaway" alone. 2/
Yet in less than two weeks, the system was overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases.
This is not due to "mga pasaway" alone. 2/
Cebu was ill-prepared. The provincial and district hospitals were virtually crippled when the Governor decided to reduce their health workforce by half in 2019.
Her reason? "Too many doctors and nurses on the LGU payroll."
But the DOH did not do or say anything this. 3/
Her reason? "Too many doctors and nurses on the LGU payroll."
But the DOH did not do or say anything this. 3/
