Senate urged to pass medical reserve corps bill

Anakalusugan Partylist Rep. Michael Defensor has called on the Senate to pass the House bill that seeks to create a new Medical Reserve Corps which he said is “absolutely crucial to enable the country to suppress future pandemics.”

Defensor added that President Rodrigo Duterte has asked Congress to pass the MRC bill in his fifth State of the Nation Address last July. The MRC will be organized, developed and maintained to ensure their readiness to respond to the call of service and mobilized when an emergency occurs due to a new infectious disease or biological toxin, bioterrorism, a natural disaster, a chemical attack or accidental release, a nuclear attack or accident, or an attack or accidental discharge of radioactive materials, among other dangers.

It will also have a minimum inventory of essential individual and organizational equipment and supplies to ensure their readiness to deploy, as well as the capacity to quickly scale up procurement of provisions when needed.

Don't we already have retired military officers to do that? Why medical people?

Prevention is better than cure. If we plan to fail then we fail to plan. Congressman MikeDefensor is proactive while most of his colleagues are simply siphoning public funds every month doing nothing for the country.

pwersahan ang paglagay nyo ng mga healthcare workers sa MedicalCorps eh hindi nyo nga mabigay ng maayos ang mga benepisyo nila, gusto nyo pa ng pwersahang volunteerism uminom ka na lang ng ivermectin boi 😂😂

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