MANILA, Philippines — The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) says it would continue to ask the government for an increase in the salaries of medical frontliners as nothing has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared early last year.
On Monday, health care employees belonging to the Department of Health (DOH), public and private hospitals, and local government units staged a protest at the House of Representatives to push for the amendment of the Magna Carta for Public Health Workers (Republic Act No. 7350).
The government did allow a wage hike for health workers by reclassifying their salary grades, but it did little to counter growing day-to-day expenses, according to Edw…
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