Thanks to Fidel
Ramos, Miriam Defensor-Santiago coud have been the country’s "best President
we never had". But despite being already with our Maker, she continues to make a
mark in our lives as Filipinos.
During the 16th
Congress, around 7 years ago the late senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago already
had the foresight for her beloved Philippines. Last September 2013, she introduced
a bill which seeks to strengthen national preparedness and response to public
health emergencies.
The proposed law’s
status in Senate’s database is: “Pending in the Committee (9/11/2013)”. If
passed into law, the measure would have been called “Pandemic and All-Hazards
Preparedness Act.”
“There is an old
adage that states that ‘an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.’ This
bill is built upon such wisdom by seeking to strengthen national response and
preparedness for public health emergencies, such as those which result from
natural disasters and severe weather, recent outbreaks and pandemics,
bioterrorism, mass casualties, chemical emergencies, and radiation
emergencies,” the late former senator said in her explanatory note for the
proposed law.The late senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago (photo credit to owner) |
The late senator said
that the “bill gives the Department of Health the mandate to undertake
measures, such as evaluation, planning, organizing, and training, to improve
national preparedness for public health emergencies.”
In the said bill, Santiago also made a proposal to
create the : National Health Strategy for Public Health Emergencies(NHSPHE),
Task Force on Public Emergencies (TFPE), and Medical Reserve Corps (MRC).
“The Secretary of Health shall establish a
medical reserve corps composed of volunteer health professionals. The Medical
Reserve Corps (MRC) shall be called into duty if needed during public health
emergencies,” states in the proposed bill filed by Defensor-Santiago.
The National Health
Strategy for Public Health Emergencies(NHSPHE) “shall provide for integrated policy
coordination and strategic direction with respect to all matters related to
national public health and medical preparedness and execution and deployment of
national response before, during, and following public health emergencies.”
One of the role of
the proposed Task Force on Public Emergencies (TFPE) is to “disseminate and
update novel and best practices of outreach to and care of at-risk individuals
before, during, and, following public health emergencies in as timely a. manner
as is practicable, including from the time a public health threat is identified.”
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