Manila, Jan. 20 -- Senator Richard Gordon has filed a bill seeking to expand the country's pool of vaccinators for the implementation of the government's national program for immunization in times of epidemics, pandemics, and national health emergencies.
"Since we have limited number of doctors, nurses and midwives that will aid in the Covid-19 vaccination program, we filed a bill that expands the pool of vaccinators of the DOH (Department of Health) by training other professionals such as dentists, veterinarians, medical technologists and even those without medical background to be vaccinators," Gordon said in a news release on Wednesday.
Filed on Monday, Section 1 of Senate Bill (SB) No. 1987 states that non-medical practitioners that w...