Health workers decry RITM’s ‘imminent’ abolition 

 

MANILA, Philippines — A number of health workers in the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) staged a noon-time break protest Friday to show their opposition to the supposed abolition of the hospital.

Protesting health workers, who are members of the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW), said the creation of the Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control (PCDC) will lead to the “imminent abolition” of the RITM, costing the workers their jobs.

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. vowed to prioritize the creation of the PCDC, and several bills were filed to the House of Representatives for its creation.

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