iOltrcXr TUESDAY, MARCH 12;2019 i

party-list
will pri -
oritize the
creation of
the Samar
Island Med-
ical Center
oirce the
pa rty- l.i st
winS con-
gressional
seats in the
May 13 elec-

Regional Medical Center between Calarman. --"".i transiormation of ter. people l,o know their PhilHealth bg4ef'! .
(EVRMC) in Tacloban N-o;h.;" s"-". nVnUC ioto Easl,ern First Nomirree of TrD- candidal,es and their plah patkages Expand PhilHealth
City and Schistosomiasis d.ifin"l- Cit"-lo- -- W"it-
--- Visayas Merlical Center gog, said the increase in form. throu-gh the
Hospital and Research ;-$;Lr. -' (EilVIC). 5e-d capacity is aimed at -Ihe campaign_ is not tlifrerent health financial
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From Page t Center (SHRC) in Palo, of Sa- "We will work hard bridginb tha current gap only anytime foi the peo- programs of the gorern-
_The greater burden are all located in Leyte r0- l;l;d M;di".l-Gn- ffi not only to upgrade the between hospital beds in ple to know yhgt T]mgog ment in order lo increase
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of Eesfern Visavas is the "Region \rI has ftiur it" SVRIaC-.-e"i-fu;-!dd- but to'.1"o-transform it (be"Ttris wilJ also improve time for Tingog to lisr,en adjust -case rates Lo en-
unavailability of adequal,e nationally-funded hospi- ea. into a multi-specialty ter- quatity of healthcare t_o the people, to know sure full coverage. ol
hospitals, particularly for tals and Region VII has .$tit.h the b[ildins of fian hospital serviilg ae and -eosure the success- their aBpirations and coo- medical care, parlicuJar-
its poor patients. Once 6. Wbile in Region VIII, , tto"pit"l-,-th" t"i- ip"* hospital foithe ful realization of the Phil- cerns and togetJrcr witb ly for the.poor and those
we win in this year's we onlv have two. It is versal ""* HJalihenre Act easte-fo "" part'of tbe coun- ippine Health Agqnda," theo focus on building a . admittcd in basic accom-
midterm electioDs. we impera[ive tllat Samar Is- eioned .i-J bv t'.-F".*,t-r
President i^-
Fn- trv." Acidre said.
t "r-" Aci?lre added liomualdez.
Romualdez. durable and alrstarnable
sustainable mocalton.
modation.
$dU iftmediately file a bill land gets its owD tertia- i'i #fi- "WJrile we're on it, we According t Romual- plan to realize that vi- Eslablish megha4isms
to esiablish the Samar ry, level 3 hospital to h;;1- ".-oiit.'i.-
th;;;n -."rri".. "ii" *itl also improve the hos- dez. the EmMc 'is cur- !ion,' he said. to cu-shion individuals and
lsland Medical Center," cater to the healthcare What will [€ the uee of pitals under the local renUy Btru_ggtl+g to keep _ lf elected_to the l6th taflrlres trcm sudclen loaa
said Jude Acidre; the needs of the people io philHealth cnverase and iovernments,' be added. up iith tf,; increas;o! Congress, Tingog will of income through an
second nominee of fiu- the area and free them free hosDitalizatio; if the In 2018, Le),l€ Rep. Yed- number of patients be- push on lhe lbllowing eslablishment ot unem-
gog. from the inconvenience JJii"iiJ it." i- t i"" .r, da l,t*ri" Ro'mualdbz filed ing adnitted, as its per- legislalive agenda cover- plol,'ment ins-urance. en-
Acidre said the region of traveling even for iccejsibie hosoitat durine a bill seeking for the sonnel complement is ing health relbrms. hancement ol eocial pro-
has only two nationally- hours just to be adrnitted ;;;;;";-[il,;tl";.e of t6e bed ca- only good firr patienta ani-ong otbers: lection for the informal
firnded hospitals, adding to EVRMC in Tacloban," ;fiil1-i;a;;;-;;.
--A;;" ;;;ia; "f EVRMC from haf of the currdnt head-versal
""er;dine loatitutionalize uni- sector. . facilitation of
this is not enough to said Acidre. f";;i;,.+i;; - - 6 1. 500.
b00 count." access to free workers transil,ion lrom
serve its over 4 million Acidre added, they are f..';H';;ftri;T-5"? ni,-""tarz also Meanwhile, Acidre re- healthcarC through the the informal- to form-al
population. plaming to establish the ;;"13il4-Meii;ai-c6i- pushed for the renaming minded the voters that servrce_ dclivery-netrork economy, and strength-
The two national hos- Samar Island Medical t"". L.l'ar"-;;;t t["t nn- iif itt" hospital to Easti lhe campaign season is of healtbcare facililies ening of mechanisms.Lo
pitals-Eastern Viaayas Center in an area near ;;;-;;tr ".il -f;; l.-rr. ern Visavad Medical Cen- an opportune time for the and retionalization of ensuie enrolment in Lhe

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