MICHAEL JOSEPH BALTAZAR

JAYSON GABRIEL PROTACIO

ARTICLE

In the Philippines, the need for allied medical professionals

is greater than ever given the country's current condition. Despite
that our healthcare professionals travel abroad to achieve more
economic, professional, lifestyle, and social benefits. However, who is
to blame if the government rejects their demand for a high income
in exchange for their thorough training as health professionals in the
Philippines? These issues lead to shortages of workers, inequitable
distribution, and inadequate skill mix which hinder health service
delivery. All of these in mind distance our country from obtaining
universal health care where people have access to health services,
poor or not they can have but sadly were far from having that ideal.
Here are some of the reasons why the Philippines now requires the
most health personnel of all types in all corners of the country. This
will, in some way, remind us of the importance of health personnel in
our society.

In terms of the contributions that our health-care

system has made to the quality of healthcare provided to its
citizens. More so, it has been performing its work properly, and
the highest quality is still being provided to its patients, but the
query is: what is the question? Do we have enough health-care
employees around the country to provide health-care services to
people in need? Those from rural areas who are far from major
city hospitals, especially those who cannot afford them. That is
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why more health personnel are needed in our country since they
are beneficial to us. Surprisingly, we lack healthcare experts
despite the fact that we supply many healthcare professionals to
other nations because our country produced a large number of
doctors and nurses over the last decades and chose to export
them overseas. Because health services cannot be given or
delivered in the absence of a sufficient and skilled health workers.
There is an urgent need for undergraduate students to pursue
degrees related to health professions in order to boost the health
workforce in the future.

8120 Daang Ramon Magsaysay St. Tangos, Baliwag, Bulacan

jaysongabriel.protacio.jhs@smcbaliwag.edu.ph
ACTIVITY
Source:
ALTERNATIVE 1 Aytona, M. G. (2022, January 28). Determining staffing standards for primary care services using
workload indicators of staffing needs in the Philippines - Human Resources for Health. BioMed Central.
Retrieved October 5, 2022, from https://human-resources-
health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-021-00670-4
MICHAEL JOSEPH BALTAZAR
JAYSON GABRIEL PROTACIO
ARTICLE

Health professionals are crucial in ensuring public access to

high-quality healthcare. They provide core services that promote
wellness, prevent disease, conduct health missions in remote regions,
and provide basic health care to individuals, families, and communities.
To achieve the Millennium Development Goals, strategies for leveraging
the assets and competencies of health professionals and junior
professions will be required. The more of them that we have, the easier it
will be to attain universal health care. However, we are currently seeing
extremely low and high workload pressures in rural regions due to fewer
nurses and midwives caring for patients based on their ability to handle
them. Since of the special demands of knowledge in the sector that we
lack the most, it might be critical because there is life on the line that
has to be saved or not. We can reduce the absence of medical care if we
have enough medical qualifications in all fields deployed in various
locations around our country. Consider it a domino effect: if medical
treatment is obtained, all people will benefit, whether they live far or
near large hospitals, and they will be able to focus on life and continue
living. At the same time, medical treatment is not unachievable; yet the
domino effect of it, those who do not have access may suffer severely
and negatively impact one's community's livelihood.

At the end of our piece, we conclude that the necessity for

medical specialists to cure one's nation is indispensable necessary for
survival, for better or worse. Through trained and competent
professionals, the pandemic and health problems that our country is
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suffering from will be alleviated by addressing the root causes of the

problems. Our medical professionals are now in short supply, but I hope
that one day in the future, our country will be rich with a variety of
health specialists developing to cure everyone who requires them. The
government will attend to their requirements and provide them with
adequate attention so that medical professionals may provide quality
care to the people. It's strongly recommended to happen because it's
advantageous enough given the country's current circumstances, and
we hope it happens soon. Overall, this serves as a reminder to all of us
that the value of health care professionals is a need indeed.

8120 Daang Ramon Magsaysay St. Tangos, Baliwag, Bulacan

jaysongabriel.protacio.jhs@smcbaliwag.edu.ph
ACTIVITY
ALTERNATIVE 1 Source:
Aytona, M. G. (2022, January 28). Determining staffing standards for primary care services using workload
indicators of staffing needs in the Philippines - Human Resources for Health. BioMed Central. Retrieved
October 5, 2022, from https://human-resources-health.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12960-021-
00670-4