Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia's tirades against critics of steam inhalation, which she is advocating, lands the hashtag NoToDoctorShaming on Twitter's top Philippine trends.
MANILA, Philippines – Netizens slammed Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia for shaming doctors who criticized her advocacy to promote steam inhalation to ward off the coronavirus disease.
Garcia cited Dr Dale Pasco who is reportedly pioneering a study on the effectiveness of steam inhalation in easing COVID-19 symptoms, and berated doctors who criticized the memo, including a general practitioner who said in a now-deleted Facebook post that further infection may arise because of the aerosol from the steam.had been practicing medicine for 30years while the doctor who wrote the post had only two years of experience.
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