MANILA, Philippines — Home Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Saturday expressed robust assist for President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s “zero-billing” initiative, a healthcare program providing free medical companies at 22 public hospitals nationwide.
Launched on the President’s 67th birthday on Sept. 13, this system is a major step towards making healthcare accessible to all Filipinos, Romualdez stated.
“The zero-billing program displays the President’s unwavering dedication to making sure that no Filipino is left behind in receiving medical care,” Romualdez stated.
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The initiative, funded by the Division of Well being (DOH) with a P328 million allocation, covers inpatient, outpatient, and emergency companies, together with medicine, medicines, chemotherapy, dialysis, dental companies, and laboratory procedures in key hospitals throughout the nation.
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“This program relieves Filipinos, particularly these in susceptible communities, from the burden of expensive medical companies,” Romualdez stated.
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The initiative is applied in eight main hospitals within the Nationwide Capital Area, together with the Nationwide Kidney and Transplant Institute and the Philippine Basic Hospital, in addition to 14 hospitals throughout Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
“This broad protection reveals the administration’s real concern for the well being and welfare of Filipinos in each area,” Romualdez added, pledging his full assist for this system and its enlargement.
Romualdez additionally famous that the initiative is only the start as the federal government continues to discover methods to make healthcare extra accessible and reasonably priced for all Filipinos.
“As we have fun the President’s birthday, we additionally have fun his management and deep take care of the Filipino folks,” Romualdez stated.