Healthworkers call for a 'just peace'

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=1&rid=917313
• Thursday, August 25, 2016

By Leilani S. Junio [(PNA), RMA/LSJ/EDS]

MANILA, Aug. 25 (PNA) -- Doctors and nurses from public and private hospitals, community health workers, and other hospital personnel converged at the Philippine Heart Center in Quezon City on Thursday to form an alliance they called "Prescription for Peace."

The group highlighted that the "Prescription for Peace" was their supporting efforts to have peace in the country because the health care system in the country would also be tackled therein.

"Prescription for Peace" is a coalition that aims to promote peace talks.

They cited that they believed that the peace talks between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Philippines (GPH) was long overdue.

"We support the efforts of the Duterte administration and the NDFP in resuming peace talks," they said in a statement.

They also said that they were expecting that the peace talks would include GPH and NDFP discussion on health issues and concerns that somehow would give improvements that they wanted to be achieved.