Privatization of the health care system in the country continues to take lives, with no less than an impoverished Nobel Laureate transpiring without being given needed medical aid.
MANILA – Members of the Gabriela Women’s Party together with concerned mothers stormed the Department of Health (DOH) on Thursday, Feb. 27 to protest and expose the “deceitful moves” to privatize public hospitals beginning with the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital through a joint circular issued by the Department of Finance, the National Economic and…
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Essentially this bill is a disguised privatization scheme to further let go of the government’s responsibility for health care. It is meant to facilitate private-public partnerships and is thus one step closer to the full privatization of our hospitals.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño