Palace spokesman Harry Roque on Thursday welcomed the country’s new batch of medical doctors, which will be deployed to support the country’s bout against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Roque also made special mention of Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo’s daughter, Tricia, who was among the 3,538 passers of the November 2020 physician licensure examinations.
“Congratulations po sa lahat ng bagong doctor! Congratulations po sa anak ni VP Robredo! Sana ang mga anak ko rin ay mag-graduate din at maging doctor din,” Roque said in a Palace briefing.
“Sa panahon ng pandemya, talagang kayo po ang mga bagong bayani at inaasahan po natin na dadagsa po ang magbibigay ng tulong medical sa ating bayan habang wala pa pong solusyon sa pandemya. Congratulations to the new doctors and congratulations to their proud parents!”
Roque earlier bashed Robredo’s daughters for implying President Rodrigo Duterte’s absence in the country’s calamity response efforts.
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Both batches of this year’s physician licensure examinations were deferred due to health risks posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The March batch of examinations was split into two, held in March and September this year.
The second batch, usually scheduled for September, was held from Nov. 10 to 11 and 15 to 16 this year.
The country’s passing rate in the November 2020 examinations stood at 75.21 percent, or 3,538 of 4,704 examinees. John Ezekiel J. Hirro