MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) is redeploying 136 doctors and nurses from other regions to hospitals in Metro Manila to augment the healthcare workforce in the capital region which is now bearing the brunt of COVID-19 infections in the country.
According to the DOH, the first batch of the redeployed healthcare workers composed of 42 doctors and nurses from Ilocos Region, Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon), and the Bicol Region was assigned to the East Avenue Medical Center and to the Quirino Memorial Medical Center in Quezon City, Dr. Jose N. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital in Caloocan City, and Amang Rodriguez Memorial Hospital …
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