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Sunday, March 29, 2020

Tacurong hospital condemns attack on frontliner


KIDAPAWAN CITY – The St. Louis Hospital in the southern Philippine city of Tacurong condemned the attack on its personnel by villagers who suspected him of being infected with the deadly coronavirus disease.

It said the victim was ganged up by 5 people near a market in the neighboring town of President Quirino and splashed bleach on his face. The hospital employee was on his work to work when the incident occurred on Friday. He was able to seek medical treatment immediately after the attack.
It was not immediately known whether villagers were arrested or not, or if they have all gone into hiding, but the hospital said it is demanding justice for the victim, who is the family’s lone breadwinner.
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“Our personnel is a breadwinner, as many of our frontlines are, who in the present pandemonium, chose to bravely continue their duties to the community. They remained unfazed by the discrimination that healthcare workers now face on a daily basis,” St. Louis Hospital said Saturday.
It said the incident was reported to the police.
“At this time, we respectfully demand that justice be given. He is a frontliner. Instead of discriminating the healthcare workers, to the point of committing untold violence against them, we, as a community show solidarity with these individuals who risk their lives so that continued medical service remain unhampered. We demand justice for our healthcare personnel. He heeded the call of duty when others would not,” it added.
The name of the victim was not made public either by the police or the hospital. (With a report from Rhoderick BeƱez.)


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