Press Release
April 19, 2021
Bong Go hails second batch of Visayan frontliners deployed to NCR, reaffirms gov't commitment to ensuring welfare of medical workers
Senator and Chair of the Senate Committee on Health Christopher "Bong" Go sincerely thanked the second batch of medical frontliners from the Visayas who volunteered to be deployed to overwhelmed hospitals and health care facilities in the National Capital Region following the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the region.
On Friday, April 16, a ceremonial send-off was held in Cebu City for 30 nurses from Central Visayas. Twenty nurses are assigned to the National Center for Mental Health in Mandaluyong City while the rest will be deployed to the Las Pin~as General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center.