SEN. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go said he supported the decision of the Supreme Court (SC) upholding section 12 of Republic Act (RA) 9173, or the Philippine Nurses Act of 2002, which states that the minimum of base pay of nurses in public health institutions should not be lower than salary grade 15.

“Importante po sa atin ang mga nurses at suportado natin ang kanilang pagkapanalo sa Supreme Court (Nurses are important to us and we support their victory in the Supreme Court) ,” Go said during the Senate plenary debate on the proposed 2020 P96.3 billion budget of the Department of Health (DoH).