government hospitals

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan today criticized the 2013 national budget’s measly and misappropriated allocation for healthcare that fails to respond to the people’s needs. According to Ilagan, the Aquino Health Agenda as reflected in the proposed 2013 budget refuses to acknowledge the need to build and upgrade healthcare facilities and instead supports private and multinational intrusion into the delivery of healthcare services.  read more »

Gabriela Representatives Luz Ilagan and Emmi de Jesus joined the regional delegates of GWP’s 5th National Congress in WOMEN WALK FOR ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, proceeding to Lung Center, National Kidney Transplant Institute, and Philippine Heart Center on May 27, 2012. The women lambasted the railroading of the passage of HB 6069 converting 26 government hospitals into government corporations. They said that through this bill, the government abandons its responsibility of providing for people’s health and allowing local and foreign businesses to profit from people’s health.  read more »