Umakyat na sa 20 ang bilang ng State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) na nagpo-produce ng medical students sa Pilipinas.
Ayon kay DOH Secretary Ted Herbosa, malaking improvement na ito mula sa orihinal na walong SUCs na nag-offer ng medical courses noong nakaraang administrasyon.
“The idea is the SUCs have started with the medical schools but we’re still trying to produce more SUCs with more nursing graduates – so, para mag-increase din tayo ng nursing supply in the Philippines. So, I’ll increase the supply if the demand is high not put a cap on it – so, that’s counterintuitive ‘di ba. So, I’d rather produce more nurses.” —Secretary Herbosa
Gayunpmanan, nakatutok pa rin aniya sila sa pagpapataas ng bilang na ito.
Sa press briefing sa Malacañang, sinabi ng opisyal na nasa 190,000 medical human resource na kailangang punan sa bansa.
“And based on that iyon iyong nakita namin that in the Philippines with our current population we need over 500,000 but we only have 300 plus thousand currently registered with our PRC. So, kulang pa rin tayo, so we need to produce more. Basically, ang ginagawa ko kasi I’m expanding the healthcare system with investments by the national government and the help of the President we’re doing all these mobile clinics, BUCAS Centers, Purok Kalusugan – these will require manpower.” —Secretary Herbosa
Nangangahulugan ito na sa bawat isang doktor katumbas ng 25,000 pasyente, na dapat aniya ay 1 is to 10,000 ratio lamang.
“If you have a good product like a nice car or a nice TV that is being exported and is in demand, would you stop its production? No. I will just increase more and that’s where the direction we’re going.” —Secretary Herbosa.
Sa kabila nito, hindi aniya nakikita ng gobyerno ang pagpapataw ng deployment cap sa medical workers ang solution, bagkus ang pagpaparami pa ng mga medical graduates sa bansa.
“Since our nurses are in demand, that means we’re producing good nurses – what does that mean? We also get good nurses when you get sick in the hospital because they’re export quality – so, that means to me I’ll just produce more nurses.” —Secretary Herbosa. | ulat ni Racquel Bayan
