HEART will be composed of volunteers from the medical field who will be deployed during health crisis situations. It is included in the 13 priority bills of the Marcos administration.
Taking the cue from lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic, the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Dec. 13, passed on the third and final reading a proposed measure that will establish the Health Emergency Auxiliary Reinforcement Team under the Department of Health to augment the health workforce in times of disasters, public health emergencies, and health threats.
The qualifications of the volunteers are as follow: licensed professionals in the fields of medicine, nursing, medical technology, and other allied health fields including those who are retired and those who are no longer practicing their professions in a health facility setting; graduates of medicine and allied health courses and medical students who have completed a one-year medical internship and who have not yet been issued licenses to practice their respective professions; and other health...
The proposed law also creates the HEART Board, which shall prescribe a comprehensive guideline for the recruitment, selection and training of a HEART volunteer.
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