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Tuesday, September 5, 2017
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ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far released P37 million worth of medicines to poor patients in Western Visayas under the Libreng Gamot Para sa Masa, a program funded by the Presidential Social Fund.
DSWD Region 6 records showed the following number of beneficiaries:
- family heads and needy adults – P26.1 million
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women – P123,788
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senior citizens – P8.57 million
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persons with disability – P2.3 million
“Through Lingap para sa Masa, Ilonggos could avail themselves of free medicines. Those who do not have money to buy their medicines could finally get help from the government,” said Regional Director Rebecca Geamala.
The P37-million worth of medicines benefited 5,257 beneficiaries.
Libreng Gamot Para sa Masa is an initiative of President Rodrigo Duterte. He allotted P1 billion for this medicine assistance program targeting indigent Filipinos.
For Region 6, P138 million was alloted.
DSWD entered into an agreement with the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Iloilo City for the project.
The patient or representative shall present a doctor’s prescription to the pharmacy of WVMC. The pharmacy shall then issue a quotation for the needed medicines.
The patient or his representative shall present the quotation to the DSWD Social Worker together with other requirements.
The social worker is situated right beside the WVMC pharmacy.
The DSWD social worker shall then assess the case if found eligible. A DSWD Guarantee Letter (GL) which includes the amount of the needed medicines will be issued to the patient so that the patient can get the medicines for free.
In-patients are required to submit the doctor’s prescription, certificate of indigency and valid ID.
Those living in far areas may get their certificate of indigency from the hospital’s Social Service Office and do not have to go back to their barangays.
For the out-patients – those who have consulted with the Out-patient Department (OPD) of WVMC, the same requirements apply.
As much as P75,000 worth of medications maybe covered.
Under the guidelines, indigent Filipinos who are either confined in or receiving out-patient treatment from identified hospitals and who are in need of prescription medicines are qualified as beneficiaries. Priority, however, will be given to the following:
* families or individuals who are indigent, vulnerable, or disadvantaged
* those in the informal sector and poor based on the DSWD Listahanan
* those who are in crisis situations based on the assessment of social workers
* government employees and contract of service workers working in the government; and
* beneficiaries of soldiers and police who were killed or wounded in the line of duty. (DSWD-6/PN)
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