Should he return to the Senate, Ejercito said he will ensure the full implementation of the Healthcare Facilities Enhancement Program under the Universal Healthcare Law, which he principally sponsored.
“In line with the Universal Healthcare Act, yung Health Facilities Enhancement Program, one of the aim is to put up specialty centers in strategic areas all over the country,” he said in an interview with DYRF Radio Fuerza
“We will establish a lung center, a kidney center, and a heart center and a cancer center sa V. Sotto Medical Center,” he added.
Aside from the Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu, specialty health facilities will also be constructed in major hospitals in the Western Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Bicol, and Davao regions, Ejercito said.
Once these facilities are constructed, the former Senator said patients from different provinces would no longer need to travel to the National Capital Region to secure advanced healthcare services.
“Pag meron tayong complicated cases, Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao, they bring it all there, to the specialty centers (in Metro Manila),” Ejercito said.
“Imagine if you go to Manila, may accommodation, may airfare, may companion pa, times two 0 times three. It’s very expensive and very inconvenient,” he added.
Asking Cebuanos for support, Ejercito said he hopes to return to the Senate to ensure that all Filipinos will benefit from the Universal Healthcare Law.
“My priority is really to survive this COVID-19 pandemic and of course, to implement the Universal Healthcare Act. Hayaan niyo lang ako na tapusin ito. Sana di na po mangyari yung magkasakit lang yung isang miyembro ng pamilya, mauubos ang ating savings, magbebenta tayo ng kagamitan, magsasangla tayo ng lupa,” he said.
“With the full implementation of the Universal Healthcare Act, ang ating gobyerno ay nandiyan na para umalalay sa atin. Hindi na tayo dapat mamroblema, especially yung mga senior citizens, PWDs and indigents,” he added. ####
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