The P200 million provided by the Office of the President to the Philippine Orthopedic Center (POC) will “go a long way” towards sustaining the operations of the country’s prime orthopedic center.
“For the Filipino orthopedic sick, injured, and crippled, this moment has arrived,” Dr. Jose Pujalte, Jr., POC Medical Center chief, said in a letter to the OP.
“To achieve true universal health care, we need the confluence of a leader’s vision, the dedication and expertise of the health workers, and wherewithal,” he added.
Aside from helping in-need Filipino orthopedic patients, the cash assistance will also help in their efforts to modernize the POC by procuring state-of-the-art hospital facilities and equipment.
“Our hospital kasi was designated as a national specialty center in orthopedics. That means that it’s an apex center. It’s an apex hospital, and for us to qualify, our equipment have – they have to become modern and ‘yung medyo state-of-the-art. So that’s where we’re going, in that direction because right now the Universal Healthcare is being implemented,” Pujalte said.
“And, during the SONA of President Marcos last July, he specifically mentioned the development of specialty centers and included (in) that ,of course, (are) orthopedics, bolts, and joints.”
Pujalte said that they can now accommodate more than 600 patients daily, with the donation received from the Office of the President, in compliance with the Universal Healthcare Law which provides that all Filipinos must be able to avail of affordable, accessible and quality medical care.
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