Rep. Van-Van Aumentado files bills seeking higher pay for nurses, government doctors

Bohol 2nd District Representative Vanessa “Van-Van” Aumentado on Wednesday, Sept. 24, has filed two separate bills in the House of Representatives seeking to increase the salaries of government nurses and medical doctors to strengthen the country’s healthcare workforce.

Tutor to DOH: Hire more nurses to fill shortage

Rep. Kristine Alexie Besas- Tutor of Bohol’s third district has challenged the Department of Health (DOH) to hire more licensed Filipino nurses who are not employed yet to answer the shortage of nurses in hospitals and other health care centers in the country.

Boholano nurse sent to NCR for Covid response

Patriotism and the desire to help fellow Filipinos are among the reasons given by the second batch of nurses from Central Visayas who volunteered to be deployed to the National Capital Region and nearby areas (NCR+) as part of the Covid-19 response.