MANILA, Philippines—The coronavirus pandemic laid bare the sacrifice of the country’s health workers and also the state of their financial health.
Lauded as heroes in scrubs, these medical professionals on the frontline of the battle to keep COVID-19 cases from getting out of control had been through exhaustion and being overwhelmed by often 24-hour work. Many have lost their lives, falling victims themselves to the disease which has no known cure yet.
Heroes in scrubs: Remembering the lives of medical workers who died in the fight vs COVID-19
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