DOH adds 7,200 ‘wellness warriors’ to support medical frontliners

DOH adds 7,200 ‘wellness warriors’ to support medical frontliners

DOH adds 7,200 ‘wellness warriors’ to support medical frontliners

The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday stated 7,200 extra healthcare staff will be part of The Wellness Movement—-an initiative to advertise the wellbeing of medical frontliners throughout the nation.

For this 12 months’s launch of this system on the Philippine General Hospital (PGH), DOH introduced that 72 hospitals and seven,200 extra members had been welcomed to The Wellness Movement, which has already reached 50 hospitals within the final three years.

The program, which now expanded to all areas besides Central Visayas, blends scientific and sensible approaches to assist docs, nurses, and allied well being workers undertake wellness behaviors, like workouts on grounding, respiratory, and gratitude throughout essential moments of their day.

In his message, Health Secretary Ted Herbosa recalled the three-year development of The Wellness Movement, which solely began with 5 pilot hospitals in 2020, benefitting greater than 4,000 healthcare staff. It expanded to over 50 hospitals by 2022.

“The Wellness Movement fits right into two points of the 8-point action agenda of the Department and aligns seamlessly with our endeavor to provide a humanistic approach in the work that we do—-the kapakanan at karapatan ng manggagawang pangkalusugan; and ginhawa ng isip at damdamin [welfare and rights of healthcare workers; and comfort of mind and feelings],” he stated.

The DOH additionally launched the Wellness Gadgets—a choice of instruments particularly designed to seamlessly combine wellness practices into the each day routines of hospital healthcare staff.—LDF, GMA Integrated News

Source: www.gmanetwork.com