Overworked, underpaid: A worker assisting people at a vaccination site that operates around the clock in Manila. — Reuters
Exhausted by the Covid-19 workload, Loui quit her job as an intensive care unit nurse at a private hospital in the Philippines earlier this year.
The 30-year old, who declined to give her last name for fear of reprisals, is among thousands of medical workers who have resigned during the pandemic, complaining of low pay and poor working conditions. Others have sought better jobs abroad.
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