With an aim to help resident secure government help for their medical expenses, the "Malasakit Center" will be implemented in different hospitals nationwide under President Rodrigo Duterte's term.
The people of Cebu and Bohol will be the first to benefit this program after the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (Opav) and four government agencies signed a memorandum of agreement for the implementation of the program.
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According to Opav Secretary Michael Dino, this is a one-stop-shop that would give the indigent resident an access to health benefits.
Dino explained that indigent only has to go to one place - The Malasakit Center, inside the hospital where they have to fill up one form for all the agencies. This will be followed by an assessment of hospital social workers.
The center will have representatives from the Central Visayas offices (Region 7) of the Department of Health (DOH), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO).
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In Cebu the center will be placed in the following hospitals;
- Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (VSMMC)
- Saint Anthony Mother and Child Hospital
- Eversley Hospital, all in Cebu City;
- Talisay City District Hospital in Talisay City.
- Gallares Hospital
- Del Valle Hospital
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Dino said the construction of the Malasakit Center will begin next week and will be funded by the private sector.
The centers are targeted to open by December 8.
Dino added that by next year around 50-60 Malasakit Center will be put up in Luzon and Mindanao.
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