“People living with HIV should be loved as God has loved us. Being infected with the virus doesn’t make one a bad person.” – Rev. Phumizille Mabizela of South Africa
Category: Health
The perils of genetically-modified crops
“There are numerous studies on the harmful effects of GMOs but pro-GMO scientists refuse to see this. Their blindness is not caused by GMO but by the money offered by big companies.” – Dr. Romy Quijano, toxicologist By RHENNIE N. CANTIGA Bulatlat.com MANILA— Citing hazards to health, environment and livelihood of genetically-modified organisms, scientists and…
Offer free health services, not PhilHealth coverage — health groups
“The growing dependence of the DOH on the role of PhilHealth for healthcare delivery manifests a very myopic approach to decades-old problems besetting the Philippine healthcare system.” – Network Opposed to Privatization
Health groups to seek legal remedy vs ‘modernization’ of Orthopedic Hospital
As the awarding of the modernization project of the Philippine Orthopedic Center to a private firm is fast approaching, health workers, patients, the urban poor, and church people are exploring different options to stop its implementation.
Anti-privatization group picket office of lone bidder to Orthopedic Center modernization project
“Healthcare is non-negotiable. The POC has been servicing the poor during its 68 years in existence. The POC should remain for the poor.”
Bidding of Orthopedic hospital extended, groups vow to intensify protests
“Eventually, no matter how the DOH strongly denies it, the POC will turn into a private corporation and thus, can no longer provide free nor affordable health services for the people, especially the majority poor.”
Privatization will affect poor patients, government health workers
For public health workers, serving the Filipino people should always be the government’s priority.
Patients speak against ‘modernization’ of Orthopedic Hospital
“Medical services here at the Philippine Orthopedic Hospital are really affordable. If this will be privatized then where else will the poor go?”
Coalition vs privatization of Orthopedic hospital launched
“This coalition is not against the modernization of the hospital. This coalition is against the privatization of the POC because it will deprive poor Filipinos of free and accessible health care.”
Banning home births to worsen, not improve maternal death rate – health groups
In Nueva Ecija, a woman who was about to give birth walked and crossed a river to get to the nearest birthing facility. The mother and the child died before reaching the nearest birthing station. Because giving birth at home in Quezon City is prohibited, the mother who was about to give birth was not brought immediately to the hospital because the family has no money. Her twins died.
Patients, health workers join protests against privatization of gov’t hospitals
“Like Kristel Tejada, the UP freshman who took her own life because of her family’s inability to pay her tuition, the Filipino people, especially those who cannot afford expensive health services, are left with no other choice but to wait for their death. This system is the one that pushes us to desperation.”