The availability of medical and financial assistance became more convenient with the establishment of Malasakit Centers nationwide.
Now in its sixth year, it has become a symbol of a government that cares for its people by serving as a one-stop shop where indigent and financially incapacitated patients can avail of medical and financial assistance from the Department of Health (DOH), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire disclosed that since the opening of the first Malasakit Center at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila in February 2018, about 4.5 million poor families have already benefited from the program.
With its institutionalization under Republic Act 11463, hundreds of Malasakit Centers were established in public hospitals across the archipelago.
Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire assures the public that with the opening of Malasakit Center at Joni Villanueva General Hospital in Bocaue, seeking of medical and financial assistance is now more convenient and faster. (Shane F. Velasco/PIA 3)