House panel OKs free dialysis for seniors
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endIndex: The House Special Committee on Senior Citizens has approved a bill providing free dialysis coverage for senior citizens. (FILE PHOTO)
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 4) The House Special Committee on Senior Citizens has approved a bill providing free dialysis coverage for senior citizens.
Under House Bill 7859 filed by Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes, the cost of hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis and other Department of Health-approved dialysis procedures conducted at freestanding dialysis centers and accredited hospitals will be reimbursed by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation or PhilHealth.
In seeking the bill s approval, Ordanes said chronic kidney disease has become one of the causes of death among senior citizens, with demand for dialysis increasing by 400% in the past 10 years.
Published January 6, 2021, 2:59 PM
A Mindanao congressman is asking for “prayers of healing” after he and four of his family members tested positive for COVID-19.
Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Manuel Jose “Mannix” Dalipe told his constituents about his family’s plight Wednesday morning via Facebook video shot on his hospital bed. He wore a hospital gown, a surgical mask, and spoke mostly in Chavacano.
“With your prayers, we would be able to recover, to heal,” said Rep. Dalipe, vice chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations.
He said that his father, former Mayor Manny Dalipe, was the first to contract the disease.