FIELD workers of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will get access to medical services under a new agreement with Pasay City General Hospital (PCGH), an arrangement to support workers exposed to risks while on duty. The memorandum of agreement was signed on Tuesday, March 17. MMDA Chairman Don Artes and PCGH Chief of Hospital Dr. Jonathan Victor De Gracia led the signing of the agreement. Under the deal, MMDA employees, particularly those assigned to field operations, will have immediate access to medical services and treatment at Pasay City General Hospital. The MMDA said the agreement covers personnel, including traffic enforcers, road emergency responders, and other frontline workers who are exposed to dangerous roads while maintaining order and safety in Metro Manila. Artes said the initiative recognizes the risks faced by MMDA personnel, including traffic enforcers, road emergency responders, and other frontline workers. De Gracia thanked the agency and said he expects the agreement will strengthen further the relationship and cooperation between the two institutions. Also present during the signing ceremony were MMDA Deputy Chairman Frisco San Juan Jr., MMDA General Manager Nicolas Torre III, Assistant Secretary Maria Carolina Salgado, several MMDA directors, and representatives from Pasay City General Hospital. The new hospital arrangement comes a day after the MMDA re-imposed its “heat stroke break” policy for traffic enforcers and street sweepers and began regularly distributing drinking water to field personnel until May 31.