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PCSO REMITS CLOSE TO P1B TO LGUS IN 2022

Local government units across the country have received close to a billion pesos in 2022 from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to augment their funds for health and medical services. “Umaabot sa halos isang bilyong piso ang nai-remit natin sa mga LGU upang matustusan ang kanilang serbisyong pangkalusugan at medikal para sa mamamayan. Umaasa […]

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N. COTABATO GOV’T OPENS HEALTH SERVICES PROJECTS

The North Cotabato provincial government opened P42.2 million worth of essential infrastructures to further improve healthcare and strengthen biosecurity measures in the province.Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza said the projects consisted of the P14.7 million Provincial Veterinary Quarantine Services Center (PVQSC) in Makilala town and the P30.5 million two-story building of the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) inside the […]

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‘HEALTHY PINAS VAN’ TO GIVE FREE MEDICAL SERVICES

Senator Risa Hontiveros led the launch of a state-of-the-art “mobile clinic” to give free medical services to Filipinos in poor and far-flung locations in the Philippines. Hontiveros opened the new “Healthy Pinas Mobile Clinic” in Barangay Turu at Magalang town, Pampanga recently. The mobile clinic can serve a maximum of 300 indigent patients a day. […]

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SENATE OKS ‘DOKTOR PARA SA BAYAN’ BILL – VILLANUEVA

The Senate has passed on third and final reading the “Doktor Para Sa Bayan” bill, which Senator Joel Villanueva described as a landmark legislation with dual objectives of expanding access to medical education and augmenting our human resource for health. “This bill will be a legacy of this Senate, Mr. President. And I’m sure that […]

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CREATE NAT’L HEALTH PASSPORT SYSTEM – SPEAKER CAYETANO

The House Committee on Health chaired by Quezon Representative Helen Tan (4th District) has formed a technical working group (TWG) to consolidate several measures seeking to create an electronic health system led by House Bill No. (HB) 8 penned by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano, which seeks to create the National Health Passport System. The other […]