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Public Statement

March 30, 2021

POOR GOVERNANCE IS THE REASON FOR THE RISE OF COVID-19 CASES

The recent spike of COVID-19 cases in the country undeniably proves the failure of the Philippine government’s response to the pandemic. The Philippines, which reported 10,016 new coronavirus cases on March 29, now has worst COVID-19 outbreak in Southeast Asia.

Despite the government’s claim a month ago of its “excellent” response to the public health crisis and comparing the quarantine experience of the past year to a “vacation”, the reality shows otherwise. Having spent a year in different levels of lockdown and quarantine supposedly to “flatten the curve” yet resorting to the same hastily imposed restrictions once again only demonstrates the same mistakes that the government has committed with its poor planning, delayed response, lack of transparency, and misguided and flip-flopping policies in addressing the crisis.

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SELF-CARE FOR PEOPLE AT RISK

Are you a front liner? a human rights defender? or a service provider? Does your work and work environment bring you overwhelming stress? Let this short video show you how stress and its effects on your mind and body can harm you and what you can do about it.

This video aims to inform and remind people-at-risk on the effects of stress and how it can be effectively managed through self-care and other means readily available to them. This is a part of the Action "Empowered Human Rights Defenders for the Protection and Defense of All Human Rights for All and in the Fight Against Impunity in the Philippines" European Union (EU) project.

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PATIENT'S RIGHTS KOMIKS

Ang mga karapatan ng pasyente ay bahagi ng karapatan sa kalusugan, na isang batayang karapatang pantao. Ito ay mahalagang kilalanin, igalang at isakatuparan bilang hakbang sa pagtatamasa ng buhay na may dignidad at pagpapahalaga sa buhay ng tao.

Naniniwala ang Medical Action Group (MAG) na susi sa pagtamasa ng mga karapatang ito ang magkaroon ng tamang kaalaman at sapat na impormasyon upang ang mga karapatang ito ay maisakatuparan ayon na rin sa mga umiiral na batas at patakaran.  Magsilbi din sana itong praktikal na gabay sa bawat isa sa pag-alam sa mga programang pangkalusugan ng pamahalaan ganundin kung paano maidudulog ang mga hinaing o mungkahi hinggil sa hindi tamang pamamalakad o kakulangan sa pagpapatupad ng mga serbisyo’t programang ito.

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MAG Statement

June 29, 2020

 

All forms of discrimination against Health Workers must end NOW!

It is been more than a month since the Medical Action Group (MAG) issued a statement calling out against all forms of discriminatory treatments towards health workers amid the Covid 19 pandemic. Based on its monitoring from March to June 2020, there are already more than a hundred health workers who have experienced discrimination such eviction from their rented apartment, refusal to convey for transportation, avoided publicly and denied entry to diner. There was also a news report of physical attack such as the case of a hospital utility staff worker from Sultan Kudarat who was doused with bleach on the face while on the way to work.

Despite undertaking life-saving work for little pay, our health workers are now suffering from humiliation, abuse and threat due to public fear of infection. The most recent report came from a nurse in Quezon City, who spoke up on social media about the alleged illegal detention imposed against them by the building administrator of the condominium she and three others are renting. Based on her account, they have been restricted by the building administrator from leaving their condominium unit when one of them was tested positive of coronavirus. Despite their assurances that they are following strict health protocols and the rest of them have been tested negative, the building administrator still refused to lift the restriction and continuously barred them from going out. She also claimed that she already missed her hospital duty for two days.

MAG has already condemned the continuing stigmatization and discrimination against our health heroes and reiterated its call on the authorities to put a stop to these despicable acts. While we commend on the efforts of the local government units by passing anti-discrimination ordinances to protect the health workers and other frontliners against all forms of discrimination. But any law is only good as its implementation.  What we need is the full enforcement.