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IBP offers legal help to protect frontliners
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has vowed to protect the rights of medical frontliners and other essential workers facing discrimination during the COVID-19 pandemic.
IBP President Domingo Egon Cayosa stated that the IBP will defend frontliners against any inequity or prejudice they encounter.
Recent incidents include a health worker being sprayed with bleach and hospital personnel being denied housing and access to eateries.
Cayosa urged the public not to succumb to fear or panic that diminishes humanity and compassion for victims and frontliners.
He reminded the public that laws such as the Magna Carta of Patients Rights and Obligations and the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers remain in effect and should guide actions.
The IBP encouraged cooperation with government efforts, benevolence, and increased help instead of fueling hype.
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