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Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa attends a sectoral meeting in Malacañang Palace on June 10, 2024. Ryan Baldemor, PPA pool/File

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MARCOS- MEETING

Pia Gutierrez

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<div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171999004486620240611-marcos-dswd-sectoral-meeting-PPA01.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="white-space:pre-wrap">Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa attends a sectoral meeting in Malacañang Palace on June 10, 2024. <em>Ryan Baldemor, PPA pool/File</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" id="isPasted"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA – The Department of Health on Wednesday touted the recent launch of its Bagong Pilipinas Mobile Clinics program which aims to ensure that Filipinos nationwide have access to quality primary healthcare.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Health Secretary Ted Herbosa said the DOH last weekend turned over the first seven of 83 mobile clinics to various local governments during a program in Malacanang. These will be deployed to far-flung and underserved communities of the provinces, he said. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Bus ito, coaster, pero nilagyan namin ng chemistry, laboratory, analyzer, hematology ultrasound, may ref din ito, may x-ray…</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sabi ko sa mga governor na nakatanggap nito kailangan every week meron kang schedule yan sa isang lugar,” Herbosa said in a televised briefing.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">To ensure that funding for the program will be sustainable, Herbosa said that the mobile clinics would be attached to various hospitals.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Pasasagot natin sa mga indigency funds at ikakabit natin sa mga ospital para may Philhealth para ma-cover din sya ng Philhealth para sustainable at continuous funding at magamit sa mga mahihirap,” he said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/22/marcos-jr-wants-more-focus-on-provision-of-primary-healthcare-in-the-local-level-1734">Marcos Jr. wants more focus on provision of primary healthcare in the local level</a></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Apart from the mobile clinics, the DOH Secretary said they launched earlier this year the “BUCAS,” or Bagong Urgent Care at Ambulatory Services, which were converted from Temporary Treatment and Monitoring Facilities used for isolation during the COVID pandemic.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The DOH is operating a total of 22 BUCAS centers nationwide, and plans to open 80 more in the near future, Herbosa said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br/></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Iyong mga tao ko sa hospitals, sa hospitals kasi mayroon kaming family and community medicine na residency program. So iyong mga personnel ko doon, nilabas ko doon para ma-man ito at in-open ko siya from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.,” he said.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Mas mahaba iyong hours, mas maraming chance iyong mga taga-community na magpatingin. Six o’clock pupunta sila doon, mapapagamot na nila iyong anak nila; within one hour, nakauwi na uli sila – papasok na sila sa trabaho.”</span></div><div><br/></div><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/5/24/doh-halfway-through-its-promised-28-health-facilities-for-poor-filipinos-1625">DOH halfway through its promised 28 health facilities for poor Filipinos</a></div><div><br/></div>

<p>The Department of Health on Wednesday touted the recent launch of its Bagong Pilipinas Mobile Clinics program which aims to ensure that Filipinos nationwide have access to quality primary healthcare.</p>

The Department of Health on Wednesday touted the recent launch of its Bagong Pilipinas Mobile Clinics program which aims to ensure that Filipinos nationwide have access to quality primary healthcare.

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DOH launches mobile clinics to boost access to primary healthcare

Pia Gutierrez,

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Published July 03, 2024 03:16 PM PHT

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