Health Care Without Harm-Southeast Asia (HCWH-SEA), an international health care advocate, has appealed to the presidential candidates to be supportive of mercury-free Philippines and other green health care agenda.
HCWH-SEA made their appeal during a regional conference Wednesday on mercury phase-out and proper health care waste management in Davao City. The group is enjoining candidates to help create a situation where a greener health care will thrive.
Faye Ferrer, HCWH-SEA Program Officer for Mercury in Health Care, said they are also calling on the Department of Health (DOH) to report on the status of the mercury-phase out agenda which it presented almost a month ago.
“DOH has given the public their commitment to step-up mercury phase-out and other issues related to mercury in health care. It has been a month since,†Ferrer said.
Administrative Order 21 of the DOH mandates the gradual phase-out of mercury in all Philippine health care facilities and institutions by September 11, 2010.
Earlier in February, in a meeting between HCWH-SEA and DOH Secretary Esperanza Cabral, DOH presented a six-point agenda to a mercury-free Philippines.
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