By Liezelle Soriano
MANILA — Health Secretary Ted Herbosa has called on the newly licensed Filipino physicians from the 2024 Physicians Licensure Examinations to consider joining government service.
“Join us at the DOH and work in public health, health systems strengthening, health policy, and health financing. You could also become a DOH Doctor to the Barrios (DTTB),” Herbosa said in a statement on Saturday, October 19, 2024, while congratulating the new doctors.
“Our DOH hospitals also offer residency programs and specializations. Consider Family and Community Medicine—these are the doctors who will save lives at our BUCAS centers, mobile primary care clinics, and through the PuroKalusugan program,” he added.
According to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), 3,845 out of 6,600 individuals passed the recent licensure examination.
Herbosa also encouraged the new doctors to help “build a health system Filipinos truly deserve.”
“Serve the people! Let us provide safe, affordable, and accessible healthcare for everyone, because in the Bagong Pilipinas, bawat buhay mahalaga (every life matters)!”
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