SunStar 136 health workers from regions deployed in NCR hospitals MANILA. Some of the healthcare workers from the regions who will augment the medical workforce in Metro Manila arrive in the capital on April 7, 2021. (Contributed/DOH) CEBU. Fifty healthcare workers from Cebu leave for Manila on April 7, 2021. (Contributed/DOH) + April 08, 2021 A TOTAL of 136 doctors and nurses from the regions have been assigned to 10 hospitals in the National Capital Region (NCR) to augment the medical workforce attending to the increasing number of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients. The Department of Health (DOH) said the first batch of medical workers consisted of 42 doctors and nurses from Ilocos, Calabarzon and Bicol regions.