The Philippine Army Nursing Service held a pinning and donning of ranks ceremony for 83 enlisted personnel provisional staff nurses at the Army General Hospital on December 7, 2021.
Army nurses formed part of AFP medical teams deployed to various public and private hospitals that were previously overwhelmed due to the Covid-19 surge. Army nurses also helped administer vaccines in Metro Manila in the three-day national vaccination drive from November 29 to December 1, 2021.
Army Chief Nurse Col. Maria Victoria Juan lauded Army nurses for their crucial role in the government's Covid-19 response and vaccination efforts.
"I commend your bravery and resolve in facing head-on a constantly evolving unseen enemy. You have shown that a soldier's heroism is not only evident in times of war but also during a global health crisis," Col. Juan said.
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