Locked gates, cold hearts

Why petitioners won’t give up the battle for children’s hospital

Violeta de Guzman comes from a family of doctors, many of whom serve indigent Filipinos. She knows about the urgent needs that crop up when poor families have to cope illness. So when doctors and medical workers at the country’s premier children’s hospital sent out a help call to foil threatened eviction, she and friends spent hours ranting on their Facebook pages.