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TANAY, Rizal - Senator Christopher "Bong" Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, emphasized his commitment to helping uplift the lives of sectors most in need of government assistance, while also advancing health initiatives for the poor, during his recent relief operation in Tanay, Rizal.
Governor Nina Ynares, Vice Governor Junrey San Juan, Board Members Boboy Bernados and Hector Robles, Mayor Lito Tanjuatco, and Vice Mayor Rex Tanjuatco accompanied the senator during his visit to Tanay.
“Nagpapasalamat po ako kay Senator Bong dahil hindi niya tayo nakakalimutan dito sa lalawigan ng Rizal. Kwento ko lang sa inyo, hindi pa natin hinihingi, binibigay na niya. (Dahil) ganyan niya ka-mahal ang Rizal. Kaya ang turing namin sa kanya ay isang honorary Rizaleño… Kaya maraming salamat senator sa pagmamahal na binibigay niyo sa Rizal,” Gov. Ynares said during the visit.
“Mga minamahal kong kababayan, talagang hindi tayo iniiwanan ng taong ito. Noong pandemya, siya ang unang nagpadala ng tulong sa ating mga market vendors. Ngayon, sa request muli, may biyaya uling ibinigay sa atin,” Mayor Tanjuatco said for his part.
1,500 indigent residents gathered in the municipal gymnasium received essential grocery packs, snacks, masks, and vitamins from Go and his team.
In addition, they provided selected beneficiaries watches, bicycles, shoes, shirts, cell phones, and balls for basketball and volleyball.
“Adopted son po ako ng CALABARZON kaya po itinuturing kong kapatid kayo rito… huwag n’yo po akong ituring na ibang tao. Para tayong magkakapatid,” Go said.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) also extended financial aid to the beneficiaries to help them with their immediate needs.
Through programs like the Malasakit Centers, Super Health Centers (SHCs), and Regional Specialty Centers, Senator Go outlined in his address his vision for a more accessible and all-encompassing healthcare system.
He also reaffirmed his viewpoints that access to necessary medical care for the poor and to high-quality healthcare are both fundamental rights.
The continuation of the Malasakit Centers program, which he primarily sponsored and authored in the Senate under Republic Act No. 11463, is one of the cornerstones of Go's healthcare activism.
The centers function as one-stop shops where patients can obtain medical treatment from a variety of government entities.
“Batas naman po ito, isinulong natin noong 2019 bilang senador. Ngayon po mayroon na tayong 158 na Malasakit Center sa buong Pilipinas, mula Batanes hanggang Tawi-tawi, lahat ng rehiyon kasama na ang BARMM ay mayroon pong Malasakit Centers,” he explained.
“According to the data of DOH, mahigit 7 million patients na po ang natulungan ng Malasakit Centers. Ang Malasakit Center po ay para sa Pilipino, lalo na po sa poor and indigent patients. Nandiriyan na po ang mga participating agencies katulad ng DOH, DSWD, PCSO, at PhilHealth na handang tumulong sa inyo,” he continued.
Malasakit Centers are located in the province of Rizal at the Antipolo City Hospital System Annex IV, the Margarito A. Duavit Memorial Hospital in Binangonan, the Bagong Cainta Municipal Hospital in Cainta, and the Casimiro A. Ynares Sr. Rodriguez Memorial Hospital.
“Hindi niyo na kailangan mahirapang pumila at magpalipat lipat pa ng iba’t ibang mga opisina para lang humingi ng tulong pampagamot. Lapitan nyo lang ang Malasakit Center… Para po iyan sa inyo,” he added.
Go also stated his support for the expansion of Super Health Centers across the country. These facilities are intended to meet the public's basic health needs by providing a variety of medical services such as database administration, out-patient, childbirth, isolation, diagnostic (laboratory: x-ray and ultrasound), pharmacy, and ambulatory surgical unit. Eye, ear, nose, and throat (EENT) service, oncology facilities, physical therapy and rehabilitation centers, and telemedicine, which allows for remote diagnosis and treatment of patients, are also accessible.
Go claimed that the Department of Health (DOH) had designated areas in the province for the construction of SHCs, including two in Antipolo City and one in each of Binangonan, Jala-Jala, Rodriguez, San Mateo, Taytay, Tanay, Angono, Cainta, and Cardona.
“Ang isang malaking bagay dito ay ang early detection kung may sakit ang isang pasyente. Dahil nasa kanilang komunidad ang SHC, madali na para sa kanya ang magpakonsulta. At kung malalaman agad ang sakit ng isang pasyente, mabibigyan siya ng primary care at lalaki ang tsansa na maka-recover siya sa kanyang sakit,” Go earlier explained.
Furthermore, Go succeeded in passing in the Senate the Regional Specialty Centers bill, which he also submitted as one of its authors echoing President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s aim of bringing specialized medical facilities closer to other parts of the country.
“Halimbawa, yung may mga karamdaman sa puso hindi na nila kailangang pumunta sa Quezon City, pwede na silang magpaopera kahit sa Zamboanga, sa Davao, o sa Tacloban. Maglalagay po ng Heart Center doon (sa DOH Regional Hospitals)... Malapit nang maging batas ‘yan, nakakuha po ng 24-0 na boto sa Senado. Ako po ang isa sa author at pangunahing sponsor ng batas na ‘yan,” he said.
The proposed specialty centers in each region aim to eliminate the need for patients to travel long distances to receive advanced medical treatments, as these centers will be strategically located in existing DOH regional hospitals.
“Tandaan po natin, minsan lang tayo dadaan sa mundong ito. Kung ano pong kabutihan o tulong na pwede nating gawin sa ating kapwa ay gawin na po natin ngayon dahil hindi na tayo babalik sa mundong ito. Ako ang inyong Senador Kuya Bong Go, patuloy na magseserbisyo sa inyong lahat dahil ako po ay naniniwala na ang serbisyo sa tao, serbisyo po ‘yan sa Diyos,” he ended. (with reports from Bong Go)
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