Privatization of health services, a life and death issue for poor Filipinos
Privatization of health services, a life and death issue for poor Filipinos
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
Bulatlat.com
Government health workers have been consistently sounding the alarm, especially these past few weeks, regarding the Aquino government’s plans to privatize the provision of health services. They have been holding lunch break pickets in various government hospitals, specifically in those that would be affected in the near future such as the National Orthopedic Hospital, which will be transformed into the Center for Bone Diseases and Trauma. But the mainstream media has not been reporting about it and public concern about this life and death issue is still wanting.
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