The solution or the problem? Second of three parts According to data gathered by the Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD), five out of 10 Filipinos die without receiving medical attention. The average hospital bill is three times the average monthly income of a worker. And yet the thrust of the Arroyo administration is to reduce…

Last of three parts A paper by Dr. Jaime Galvez-Tan, former Vice-Chancellor for Research of the University of the Philippines-Manila and executive director of the National Institutes of Health-Philippines, entitled “The Brain Drain Phenomenon and Its Implications to Health” revealed that since 1994, more than 100,000 nurses have left the country to work abroad. And…