Undercover Asia - S8: Nurses in the Philippines: Underpaid and unprotected from COVID-19 while saving lives
04:19 Min
Undercover Asia
Undercover Asia - S8: Nurses in the Philippines: Underpaid and unprotected from COVID-19 while saving lives
26 Feb 2021 03:44pm
“It’s so hard to breathe…Please have mercy on me.” Nurse Maria Theresa Cruz was one of the 82 healthcare workers who died of COVID-19 (as of March 2021) in the Philippines. Despite promises of adequate protection and additional hazard pay, that wasn’t the reality on the ground.
Undercover Asia
About the show:
CNA's award-winning investigative series Undercover Asia returns with a new season to uncover the hard truths in the underbelly of Asia, and help us understand the plight of the disenfranchised and the displaced.