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Senator Bong Go, chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, commended the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation’s (PhilHealth) decision to expand its hemodialysis package from 90 to 156 sessions considering the thousands of Filipinos in need of dialysis treatments. “This is a step in the right direction towards providing better healthcare for all. With the […]
Quezon City Representative Marvin Rillo sees the state-run Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) paying up to P20.3 billion in dialysis claims this year, amid the chronic kidney disease (CKD) epidemic sweeping the country. “Considering the surge in the number of Filipinos seeking dialysis treatment, total claims payments are likely to increase by around P3 billion […]
The House of Representatives has approved at the committee level the proposed Comprehensive Renal Replacement Therapy Act which provides sets of policies on kidney transplantation, peritoneal dialysis, and hemodialysis, including making these therapies affordable to all seniors and indigents and expands the PhilHealth transplant benefit package. It was Senior Citizen Party-list Representative Rodolfo Ordanes who […]
The Pateros city government’s free reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) swab testing venue has been transferred to the newly renovated MR Flores Health Center. The free RT-PCR tests for residents are available Mondays to Fridays from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., announced Mayor Miguel Ponce III. The health center also provides free antigen COVID-19 tests […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to deliver a hemodialysis facility to the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) in Quezon City. Secretary and isolation czar Mark Villar said the modular hospital facility being built at NKTI Compound will enable patients with kidney illness to receive on-schedule hemodialysis procedure. DPWH Undersecretary […]
Senator Risa Hontiveros has backed the call of advocacy groups urging the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to increase the free dialysis coverage for all patients while the country is still in a state of emergency. Hontiveros said the agency should upgrade its benefit package from 90 free dialysis sessions to 144 while the country […]
“A big step forward for geriatric health care.” This was how Minority Leader Benny Abante categorized the launch of the country’s first hemodialysis unit for seniors, which is part of the new and expanded health services being offered by the Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC). Senior citizens are extremely vulnerable to renal disease. […]
Funds allocated for Republic Act 11223 or the Universal Health Care (UHC) Act must be checked to make sure that these are being spent properly before its full implementation, said Senator Sonny Angara, who also noted with dismay the various scams hounding the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth). As one of the authors of the […]
Senator Sonny Angara has proposed to give free dialysis treatment to kidney disease-stricken Filipinos living in the provinces. Under his Senate Bill 1329, all national, regional, and provincial government hospitals are required to establish, operate and maintain a dialysis ward or unit that will give free dialysis medical procedure to indigent patients. Angara filed […]