Category: Editorial

Pay for a Day, Keeps the Doctor Away

WITH the current pandemic that is becoming more clear and less vague compared to the previous year, protocols and vaccination rollouts became the new norm of instruction especially that the country is continuously procuring vaccine doses from different countries making the goal of for immunity more possible. However, more vaccines doesn’t mean less viruses. Issues of healthcare workers being underpaid, overworked and taken advantage of took off in different platforms such as in social media, rallies and through the news. The hazard pay being misused despite enough budget and healthcare worker continuously being exposed to COVID has caused a massive flak, demanding more accountability especially that doctors and nurses are struggling to keep up with full blown ICU beds and patients to tend.