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Marcos Jr. leads inauguration of new health care facility at Philippine Heart Center

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Pia Gutierrez

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1725961553921bucas=3.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. watches Dr. Jerome Urbina of the Philippine Heart Center while using a robotic surgery machine at the inauguration of the BUCAS center on Tuesday, September 10. Revoli Cortez, PPA"/>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. watches Dr. Jerome Urbina of the Philippine Heart Center while using a robotic surgery machine at the inauguration of the BUCAS center on Tuesday, September 10. Revoli Cortez, PPA</div>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday led the inauguration of the Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Services (BUCAS) center at the Philippine Heart Center.The new facility aims to bridge the gap between primary care and higher-level health institutions by addressing minor surgeries and other ancillary services.Marcos Jr. said the BUCAS center ensures &quot;that focus shall be given to patients needing special care, while still providing proper medical services for those with less complicated cases.&quot;&quot;Because our health cannot wait, these services will be provided throughout the week, including weekends. And I heard a rumor that in some areas, ginawa nang 24 hours ang ating BUCAS Centers,&quot; he said in his speech. &quot;So when you or your loved ones come through these doors, you will find not just a place of care but a place of immediate, compassionate support.&quot;According to Malacanang, the BUCAS center is part of the Department of Health&#x27;s Modernization for Health Equity and &quot;28 for 28 by 28&quot; initiative, which targets the building of 28 primary health facilities for 28 million Filipinos who are most in need of quality and accessible healthcare services by 2028.Marcos Jr. noted that as of September 2024, the government has been able to establish a total of 31 BUCAS centers nationwide.&quot;We are ready to respond, ready to care wherever and whenever needed. For these are more than just about the number of centers, or the amount of funding. It is about replacing uncertainty and worry with a sense of reassurance that help is close by. It is about the lives that we change and the hope that we restore,&quot; he said.&quot;This network of care assures every Filipino—whether in the heart of the city or in the most remote province—that they are seen, valued, and cared for.&quot;Meanwhile, Marcos Jr. turned over the Office of the President&#x27;s donation of P200.5 million to the Philippine Heart Center, P185.2 million to the Lung Center of the Philippines, and P134 million to the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI).&quot;These grants aim to further the excellence in disease prevention, diagnostics, and treatments. That is the record of those specialty hospitals,&quot; the President said.He added: &quot;Today, we provide Filipinos with hope. Hope that medical care is within their grasp because of what we have built here in what we come to call the Bagong Pilipinas.&quot;&quot;Let us carry with us the understanding that our actions today will have a lasting impact. In ways that we may never see, lives will be changed because of what we have done.&quot;

The new facility aims to bridge the gap between primary care and higher-level health institutions by addressing minor surgeries and other ancillary services.

The new facility aims to bridge the gap between primary care and higher-level health institutions by addressing minor surgeries and other ancillary services.