Dedicated, overworked personnel sustain gov’t hospital’s program for abused women and children

Across from the Philippine General Hospital (PGH)’s emergency room, a large, green building leads to two special units designed to protect women and children. The bigger one is the Child Protection Unit (CPU), a two-story office complete with equipment, facilities and staff. Beside it, the smaller, cramped room called the Women’s Desk has only tables strewn with paperwork. Both serve as the Women and Children Protection Units (WCPUs) of the PGH, created under the 1997 Administrative Order 1-B, later repealed by the Women and Children Protection Program in 2013 to reinforce implementation.

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