CDO’s nurses drop in numbers

by Elkanah S. Retor

Several frontline medical experts reported what caused the drop of nurses to work at Northern Mindanao Medical Center.

The healthcare system started to disarray after the hospital stated that they would add a new facility to aid more patients despite a shortage of workers.

In an article by Froilan Gallardo published by Rappler, one nurse stated that they are already burdened by too many tasks. There was a day when she had to attend to 20 COVID-19 patients alone because her fellow nurses were absent.

To address their concern, DOH started releasing funds to reduce the resignation of some nurses in the city hospitals, including the region’s central medical institution, NMMC. (Northern Mindanao Medical Center)

NorMin DOH director Dr. Jose Llacuna stated on August 21 that the funds were released last week to JR Borja and NMCC. He added that they will still give hazard pay to the health workers who are still active.

NMMC also offered special allowances higher than the JR Borja Memorial General Hospital, which provides around P18, 500 each month for entry-level frontline health workers.

There were no exact number released for the active nurses in the city. However, statistics show that the number of nurses per 10,000 of the population in Northern Mindanao received an 8.8 rating as of April 2020 and it IS still dropping.

Anti-Marcos stands back after BBM landslide win

by Khareema M. Dimnatang

Anti-Marcos show their devastation in front of the head office of the Commission of Elections in Intramuros amidst the partial results of the 2022 Presidential Elections on May 10.

The protest sparked as the son of the late dictator, former Sen. Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. leads the unofficial, partial results of the presidential race with over 30 million votes that gathered the protesters for the rejection of the presidential ‘winner’ Bongbong Marcos.

Those people who participated in the protest were mostly identified as activists, students, and the victims of Martial Law during the dictatorship of the late president Ferdinand Marcos Sr. in 1972.

“I am here today, as the desolation of the Marcoses is resurrecting. Today, the thieves,