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Описание: As the secretary-general of the Philippine Nursing Students Association—an organization representing nursing students from various private and public schools—Aly Villahermosa made her presence felt by setting up a medical station, together with her orgmates, at the EDSA Shrine. They served as first responders during the day-long protest.

The weather took a visible toll on the attendees, especially the elderly who returned to the historic site but found the heat and long marches difficult to endure. Aly’s team was there to catch them.

At the EDSA Shrine, Aly is first and foremost an activist fighting for her peers and her patients. For her, healthcare and advocacy are inseparable; the medical crisis in the country is a symptom of a much larger political ailment, she added.

“Nandito kami upang iprotesta ang corrupt from the bottom to the top, dahil sa bulok na sistema ng gobyerno,” she explained. (We are here to protest the corruption from the bottom to the top, because of the government's rotten system.)

She highlighted the unfair privileges that corrupt officials enjoy—their excesses while the health sector continues to suffer from a lack of resources. The irony of the current administration is not lost on Aly.

“Up until now, Marcos noon, Marcos pa rin ngayon,” she quipped, noting that despite the 40-year gap, the same family is in power and the same inequalities persist. “Kumbaga, kung lesson learned na noon, bakit hanggang ngayon? Wala pa ring nangyayari.” (In other words, if the lesson was learned then, why are we still here now? Nothing is happening.)

Through her small group of dedicated nursing students, Aly hopes that this time, history will finally move forward—toward a future where the health sector is finally given the priority it deserves. — Report from Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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