Marcos sa public health: ‘No more secrets’
MANILA, Philippines — Nangako si Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. na aayusin niya ang mga pagkukulang ng pamahalaan sa ginagawa nitong pagtugon sa pandemiya at binigyan-na “no more secrets” pagdating sa public health.
Sa kanyang inaugural speech kahapon sa National Museum sa Maynila ay sinabi ni Marcos na lalabanan talaga niya ang COVID-19, lalo pa’t isa siya sa mga tinamaan ng coronavirus.
Tiniyak nito na paplantsahin ng kanyang administrasyon ang mga pagkukulang sa paglaban sa COVID-19.
“There were shortcomings in the COVID-19 response. We will fix them, out in the open, no more secrets in public health,” aniya pa rin.
Nangako rin siya na ang Pilipinas ay hindi mako-“caught unprepared, under-equipped, and understaffed to fight the next pandemic.”
“To start with, we never got over the pandemic of poor, if any, free public health.The last major upgrade of our public health system exemplified by the resources poured into PGH predates the current shambles by three generations,” ang pahayag ni Marcos.
Tinuran rin nito kung paano ang mga medical workers, kabilang na ang mga manggagawa ay naghahanap ng oportunidad sa ibang bansa dahil ang Pilipinas ay “cannot pay them for the same risks and workload that we have back here.”
“Our nurses are the best in the world, they have acquitted themselves with the highest distinction abroad, having suffered even the highest casualties with the same exemplary dedication. At home, they just got by,” ayon kay Marcos.
“They are out there because we cannot pay them for the same risks and workload that we have back here,” aniya pa rin.
Gayunman, mababago rin naman aniya ito, tinukoy ang pagkakapili niya kay migrant workers advocate Susan “Toots” Ople para pangunahan ang newly-created Department of Migrant Workers.
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