Overwhelmed Philippines hospitals hit by staff resignations


FILE PHOTO: A health worker vaccinates a public transport driver with Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in a shopping mall's parking lot turned into a drive-thru vaccination site, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, August 13, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

MANILA (Reuters) - Exhausted by the COVID 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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