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How desperate can they get? Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher delivers a spiel dissing doctors who got their diplomas in the Philippines.
Other developments
Philippines is set to file a protest against an episode of the television series 'Desperate Housewives' for a slur made against Filipino doctors.
Malacañang, DOH and the Philippine Medical Assocation are set to ask the producers of the hit TV show to explain an insulting line about medical schools in the Philippines.
PMA president Dr. Jose Sabili said he will urge his counterpart in the US to demand an apology from the people behind the TV series.
Filipino consul in Los Angeles Mary Jo Bernardo Aragon wrote a letter of complaint to the ABC network saying that Filipino medical workers were in demand all over the world.
Executive secretary Eduardo Ermita likewise appealed to civil society groups and other Filipino organisations in the US to "call the attention" of the show producers, and Hatcher, to the "racial slur."
Many enraged Filipino-Americans have circulated an on-line petition and posted blog entries demanding an apology from the producers of the show. They described Hatcher’s remarks as “derogatory,” “discriminatory” and “hurtful.”
US Ambassador Kristie Kenney Wednesday said “we all have great respect for Philippine health care and Philippine health care workers throughout the world are known for their dedication and compassion. (They) are much sought after.”
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