Health workers from different hospitals under the Department of Health (DOH) converged on August 30, to condemn the big cut for direct services of public hospitals under the 2018 proposed budget.

In a press conference, members of the Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) said the maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE) budget of public hospitals was cut down by P1.5 billion. From this year’s P5.3-billion budget, the proposed 2018 budget was reduced to P3.74 billion.

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