NOCHP launched at San Carlos City Hospital
The members of the Negros Occidental Comprehensive Health Program (NOCHP) may now use their NOCHP cards and avail of free medical and health services at the San Carlos City Hospital in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
NOCHP was officially launched at the said hospital, in a ceremonial acceptance program led by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, First District Rep. Gerardo Valmayor, Jr., and San Carlos City Mayor Renato Gustilo.
Also present at the event were San Carlos City Vice Mayor Christopher Paul Carmona and SP members; NOCHP head Amalia Billote; and acting chief of hospital, Dr. Mary Genevieve Montano, among others.
Lacson said that he hopes more Negrenses will benefit from NOCHP, and help not only the residents of San Carlos City, but also those from the neighboring towns and cities.
NOCHP is a priority program of the provincial government that seeks to provide comprehensive health care to Negrosanons.
It is a health insurance for indigents in collaboration with the 31 component cities and municipalities of the province, six congressional districts, PhilHealth and the Department of Health.
NOCHP members and their qualified dependents are entitled to free outpatient care in participating government hospitals in the province, including the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital in Bacolod City.
All NOCHP members are entitled to a P5,000 yearly assistance for medication, laboratories, radiologic examinations, dental services, and medicines, among others.
Senior citizens and Indigenous Peoples are given automatic NOCHP membership./WDJ