MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – With one sweeping public pronouncement, the newly-appointed Health Secretary under the Marcos, Jr. administration created a new branding, patterned after the now infamous “We Give the World Our Best.”
Secretary Ted Herbosa said that government hospitals will be employing those who failed to pass the Nursing Licensure Examinations, thus creating a new DOH mantra of “We Employ the Not-so-best.”
Herbosa, however, did not give details on the DOH plan. Critics are asking: “Will they actually be employed as nurses, or as orderlies — those who clean up patients, hospital rooms and equipment.
The DOH announcement sent chills to Filipinos, creating an atmosphere of distrust about possibly being taken care of by unlicensed nurses at government hospitals.
The Call Center Association of the Philippines also criticized the move as it shrinks their potential sources of call center agents.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – President Bongbong Marcos has been criticized for his failure to appoint a Health Secretary for almost a year. Critics have said that this should been a priority with the Philippines just coming out of the negative impact of Covid-19 not only on the health of Filipinos but of the economy in general.
Marcos, however, appointed Health Undersecretary Maria Vergeire as Office-in-Charge.
Vergeire had previously said she was not interested nor ready to be the top official of the department.
But early this year, Vergeire said she was now ready to become Health Secretary.
Too bad.
Marcos was not ready for her, as the president has just appointed a new Health Secretary, Dr. Teodoro Herbosa.
Moral of the story: never say never because it may come back to haunt you.
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