Bong Go opens 161st Malasakit Center in Bocaue
SEN. Christopher “Bong” Go graced the opening of the Malasakit Center at the Mayor Joni Villanueva General Hospital in Barangay Igulot, Bocaue, Bulacan on Monday.
Joining Go in the launching of the fourth Malasakit Center in Bulacan and 161st nationwide were Senate Majority Leader Emmanuel Joel Villanueva, Health Undersecretary Rosario Vergeire, Gov. Daniel Fernando, Vice Gov. Alexis Castro, 5th District Rep. Ambrosio Cruz Jr., Mayor Jonjon Villanueva, Vice Mayor Sherwin Tugna and celebrity Phillip Salvador, who accompanied the senator.
The first Malasakit Center launched in the province was at the Bulacan Medical Center in Malolos in 2018, followed by the ones at the Rogaciano M. Mercado Memorial Hospital in Sta. Maria in 2020 and at the Ospital ng Lungsod ng San Jose del Monte in 2023.
The Malasakit Centers nationwide serve as a “one-stop shop” center to hasten the delivery of medical services and give access to free medical assistance and medicines for poor and indigent families.
In his speech, Go said that patients, particularly the indigents, confined in any hospitals with Malasakit Center can avail of the medical assistance from various partners from the government agencies such as the Department of Health (DoH), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippine Health Insurance Corp. and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.
The senator reiterated his call for Filipinos who require medical assistance to avail of the said government’s medical assistance programs through Malasakit Centers.
Senator Villanueva and his brother, the mayor of Bocaue, were both grateful to Go for bringing Malasakit Center in their hometown.
Likewise, Governor Fernando expressed his gratitude to Go for his unending support to the people of Bulacan.
The governor also pointed out that the land property where the Joni Villanueva General Hospital is located was donated to the DoH by Joni Villanueva, the late mayor of Bocaue who died of Covid-19 at the height of the pandemic in 2020.