• 10 months ago
President Marcos has reiterated his commitment to improving the country's healthcare system as he reported that there are now 131 medical specialty centers across the country as of December 2023.

READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/1/15/marcos-renews-commitment-to-boosting-ph-healthcare-131-specialty-centers-set-up-nationwide

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Transcript
00:00 On August 24, 2023, I signed the Republic Act No. 11959, known as the Regional Specialty Centers Act.
00:12 These are our specialty centers, specialty hospitals in different places.
00:17 As of December 2023, we have established 131 specialty centers nationwide.
00:26 We have given P11.12 billion for 2024 so that we can establish specialty centers in different places.
00:36 We have also done a lot under the Doctors to the Barangays program.
00:43 This program has been expanded to 204 out of 218 municipalities.
00:50 91% of municipalities have a doctor.
00:58 This is very important.
01:00 This program is still ongoing so that we can say that we are really monitoring the health of our citizens.
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