MANILA, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday said it is set to sign an agreement with the Department of Health (DOH) for the deployment of military medical personnel to hospitals that are in need of assistance.
In a statement, Colonel Fatima Claire Navarro, the AFP surgeon general, said the agreement will define the specific number of military doctors, nurses, and nursing aides that will be deployed depending on the need of hospitals.
The pact will also detail the duration of their deployment and the scope of cooperation between the concerned parties, she added.
Navarro said the agreement will be implemented by the AFP Health Service Command with the guidance of the Office of the Surgeon General.
She added that the pact is “borne out of the experiences and exigencies of our two agencies such as our deployment of AFP medical teams and personnel to augment efforts in Cebu and Davao.”
It can be recalled that the military also deployed some of its medical personnel to augment medical teams in Cebu and Davao in the early onset of the pandemic.
“This agreement will solidify our continued support to our national government and manifests our commitment to win in our fight to end the COVID-19 pandemic,” Navarro said.
This development follows President Rodrigo Duterte’s call on the military and police to send some of their medical personnel to hospitals that are in need of additional manpower amid increase in COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers.
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