Center for poor patients launched in Manila

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The DoH launched its Malasakit Center at the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center in Manila.

Health Secretary Francisco Duque 3rd said the project was made possible through a joint administrative order signed on Friday by the DoH, Department of Social Welfare and

Development (DSWD), Philippine

and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC).

Duque said Malasakit centers allow patients to have access to government services under one

assistance they need.

He added that the program ful

Rodrigo Duterte to make it easier for the public to avail themselves of government services.

Duque explained that through Malasakit centers, a patient who cannot pay his hospital bill beyond what Philhealth can offer, such as cases of cancer or renal disease needing transplant, can ask for financial assistance from the PCSO or DoH through its Medical Assistance to Indigent Patients Program.

“Mag an dang program a ito. Pal ala wig inn a tin ito. S as usu nod nam gal ing goo bu wan, mag bubuk as Malasakit Center samga DOHretained hospitals ditosaMetro Manila (This is a good project, we will expand it. We will open more Malasakit Center in the coming months),” the DoH secretary said.

Among the hospitals being eyed to have Malasakit Centers are the East Avenue Medical Center and Rizal Medical Center.