A doctor?s death and the dying health system

Dr. Bong Pe?era. (davaotoday.com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com) ? While more health workers chose to go abroad to look for greener pastures, Dr. Rogelio ?Bong? Pe?era, 45, opted to stay. But on June 24 this year, his killers took his life. His brother Carlos Pe?era said he learned from the neighbors that men aboard an L200 vehicle had been asking about Dr. Pe?era a few days before he was killed. Dr. Jean Lindo, a member of the doctors? group Rx for Peace, said that amidst the continuing migration of doctors out of the country, Pe?era?s death was a big loss. Read on.

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