San Lazaro medical frontliners hold silent protest

Several nurses of the San Lazaro Hospital on Thursday held a silent protest amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)pandemic by laying down their shoes in front of the hospital.

According to a report on "24 Oras," the frontliners demanded sufficient supply of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and asked the hospital to give their salaries during their mandatory 14-day quarantine.

They also requested hospital authorities to fix their elevator.

A source of GMA News revealed that 13 employees of the hospital have tested positive for COVID-19. The infected employees were made to stay in tents outside the hospital due to lack of rooms.

The management of the hospital declined to give a comment, stressing that it has yet to receive formal complaints.

It further said that it will continue to follow safety protocols and will give adequate PPEs to its medical frontliners.

San Lazaro Hospital is a special national hospital medical center for infectious diseases with a 500 bed capacity. It is involved in health care delivery service, especially for the poor suffering from infectious diseases, its website said.—Joahna Lei Casilao/LDF, GMA News