In a move poised to enhance healthcare accessibility in SOCCSKSARGEN, the region celebrated the launch of its newest Malasakit Center at the SOCCSKSARGEN Genera
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(File photo) MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has urged local government units (LGUs) to promote the use of Malasakit Centers to bring the government's medical and health services closer to the communities and the people, especially amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. "Sa gitna nitong pandemya (In the midst of the pandemic), it is important that the people know that their health and welfare remain to be the priority of the government. Kaya naman hinihikayat natin ang mga LGU na ipaalam sa mga tao kung paano makatutulong ang Malasakit Centers sa kanilang mga kababayan (This is why we encourage our LGUs to inform our people how Malasakit Centers could help them)," Interior Secretary Eduardo M. Ano said in a news release on Wednesday. A Malasakit Center is a one-stop shop for medical and health assistance established in all Department of Health (DOH) hospitals and the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) through Republic Act
(File photo) MANILA - Senator Christopher "Bong" Go urged Filipinos to put their health first and praised the Duterte Administration's efforts to close gaps in health care access, particularly for the urban poor, as the 145th Malasakit Center opened on October 25 at the Philippine National Police General Hospital in Quezon City; and the 146th on Wednesday at the Las Pinas General Hospital and Satellite Trauma Center in Las Pinas City. In his speech, Go said the Malasakit Centers nationwide are the service that he and President Rodrigo Duterte promised and to the indigent patients in the country. "Basta Pilipino, poor o indigent patient ka, qualified ka sa mga serbisyo nito (As long as you're an indigent Filipino, you are qualified to these services)," he said. To date, there are 80 Malasakit Centers in Luzon, 37 in Mindanao, and 29 in the Visayas. Go's experiences working under then Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte exposed him to the stressful and diffic