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Date Posted: 16:49:51 11/18/12 Sun
Author: IMRD
Subject: Nov. 18-19, 2012 news

http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/national/41775-trillanes-employ-more-nurses-in-public-hospitals

Trillanes: Employ more nurses in public hospitals
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Published : Monday, November 19, 2012 00:00
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Written by : Marlon Purificacion

SENATOR Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV underscored the need for public hospitals to employ more nurses and other skilled health professionals in order to address a requirement under the proposed reproductive health (RH) bill on maternal health care and skilled birth attendance.

Trillanes made the statement in light of the admission by Patricia Gomez, president of the Integrated Midwives Association, during a Senate committee hearing that the average number of midwifery graduates every year would not be able to meet the required number of health workers under Section 5 of Senate Bill No. 2865.

This section provides that “the Local government units, with the assistance of the DOH [Department of Health], shall employ an adequate number of midwives and other skilled health professionals for maternal health care and skilled birth attendance to achieve a minimum ratio of one fulltime equivalent skilled health professional for every 150 deliveries per year.”

During the period of individual amendments for SBN 2865, Trillanes proposed to amend the said provision by allowing nurses to be deployed to publichospitals in order to satisfy the required number of health professionals.

‘‘We can tap our nurses since we have large pool of nurses. More than this, they can cover not only reproductive health, but general health care in particular,” Trillanes said.

“Government hospitals are reported to have been experiencing shortage of nurses but the plantilla positions for nurses in public hospitals are never filled up,” Trillanes further explained during the period of individual amendments to SBN 2865.

Trillanes believed that his proposed amendment would address the high unemployment rate among nurses in the country.


http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2012/11/18/867986/pia-seek-end-rh-bill-amendments

Pia to seek end to RH bill amendments
By Marvin Sy (The Philippine Star) | Updated November 18, 2012 - 12:01am

MANILA, Philippines - When Sen. Pia Cayetano files her motion to end the period of amendments to the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill either tomorrow or on Tuesday, she will need the support of only seven of her colleagues to move the measure closer to voting on third and final reading.
Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, co-author and sponsor of the RH bill along with Cayetano, said she is sure of support from 13 senators for her and Cayetano’s efforts to have the measure approved. “We have been counting noses,” she said.
The two senators discussed their strategy for moving the RH bill forward in the Senate following yet another attempt by opponents of the measure to delay its consideration.
Last Monday, Cayetano attempted to put the RH bill on the floor for the resumption of the period of amendments, which she said would only take a mere 30 minutes to complete.
Cayetano noted that there were only three senators left who would be introducing amendments, namely Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III and Ralph Recto.
Enrile, however, said he would not be rushed into introducing his proposed amendments.
“We are now in the period of amendments but there are those who want to keep on going back (to the interpellations). They have interpolated already. Their questioning went on for a long time and we were very patient,” Santiago said, reacting to Enrile’s position.
Cayetano said Recto gave his word that he would introduce his proposed amendments tomorrow.
She said she would give Enrile and Sotto until Tuesday to introduce their own amendments.
Santiago said Cayetano, based on their discussion, would file a motion to end the period of amendments if Enrile and Sotto still refuse to come out with their amendments.
She said only 13 senators are needed to constitute a quorum and in order to have their motion approved, all they need are seven votes.
“We cannot let one person control the entire Senate. Because the general rule in the Senate is everything is decided by a majority of the senators present, there being a quorum,” Santiago said.
“So we will try the tactic. We will try everything so that the people will see that we did everything we can for the RH bill,” she added.
Santiago reiterated that the RH bill is an urgent measure aimed at giving women greater access to reproductive health services.

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