Bong, Robin make sure health centers spread

As chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, Go has been consistent in pushing for the construction of health facilities, underscoring that more Filipinos must be able to access quality healthcare services

Senators Christopher “Bong” Go and Robinhood Padilla visited Matanao, Davao del Sur to inspect the opening of the town’s Super Health Center following an earlier tour of Sta. Maria in neighboring Davao Occidental where they personally led a relief operation for flood victims,

The Super Health Center is one of Go’s initiatives together with the Department of Health to bolster the country’s healthcare system, particularly in far-flung areas. In this regard, he helped secure funds for the construction of 307 such centers nationwide, including the one in Matanao.

As chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, Go has been consistent in pushing for the construction of health facilities, underscoring that more Filipinos must be able to access quality healthcare services.

Super Health Centers will offer basic health services, including database management, out-patient, birthing, isolation, isolation, diagnostic (laboratory: X-ray, ultrasound), pharmacy, and ambulatory surgical unit. Other available services are eye, ear, nose, and throat service, oncology centers, physical therapy, and rehabilitation center, and telemedicine, where remote diagnosis and treatment of patients will be done.

Relief mission

After the inspection, Go and Padilla joined the inauguration of a multipurpose building where they also spearheaded a relief activity for poor residents.

Go and his staff distributed grocery packs, vitamins, masks, shirts, and meals to 500 residents. The senator also gave away shoes, bicycles, cellular phones, watches, umbrellas, and balls for basketball and volleyball to select beneficiaries.

Moreover, personnel from the Department of Social Welfare and Development extended financial aid to struggling residents in the town through its Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation program.

In line with his commitment to helping those with health concerns, the senator also encouraged the beneficiaries to reach out to his office or visit the nearby Malasakit Centers at Davao del Sur Provincial Hospital in Digos City or at Southern Philippines Medical Center in Davao City.

Personnel from the Department of Social Welfare and Development extended financial aid to struggling residents in the town through its Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation program.

The Malasakit Centers seek to make government medical assistance programs more accessible by bringing the relevant agencies, including the Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, under one roof.

The Malasakit Center program was institutionalized under Republic Act 11463, which Go principally authored and sponsored in the Senate.