By IBARRA C. MATEO, gmanews.tv
Nurse Salva (not his real name) is harried and hungry as he inspects a patient’s intravenous line in the surgical ward of a government hospital in Quezon City. It is almost 10 a.m. and doctors are winding up their rounds. He has been up since 4 a.m. but his exacting eight-hour work shift rarely gives him time to get a full meal, so he gets by on cheap hard candies when hunger pangs strike.“Through tough perseverance, I managed to survive. Going to the bathroom to take a leak was already a luxury at the time," the 23-year old nurse recalls his experience as a volunteer nurse.
