CEBU CITY—The 103rd Malasakit Center was unveiled on Tuesday in Carcar City, southern Cebu.
Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go led the unveiling of the Malasakit Center at the Carcar Provincial Hospital.
The Malasakit Center at the Carcar Provincial Hospital, a level one facility with 50 hospital beds, is the sixth in Cebu.
The other Malasakit Centers in Cebu can be found in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center (Cebu City), Eversley Child Sanitarium and General Hospital (Mandaue City), St. Anthony Mother and Child Hospital (Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City District Hospital (Lapu-Lapu City) and Cebu South Medical Center (Talisay City).
Overall, there are 23 Malasakit Centers in Visayas, 56 in Luzon and 24 in Mindanao.
During the unveiling, Office of the Visayas Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino turned over a check worth P5 million to Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia.
"Aside from the monthly assistance from the Office of the President, we will also download P10 million from the Medical Assistance to the Indigent Patients for the Carcar Provincial Hospital," said Go.
Go said those who need assistance for their hospital bills should not hesitate to approach the Malasakit Center.
Each Malasakit Center will have the offices of PhilHealth, Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development and Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.
Go said the one-stop shop set up of each Malasakit Center will help save time and effort for those who need assistance with their hospital bills.
Go said more Malasakit Centers will be open in the coming days.
“It is already in the law that’s why we will be opening more Malasakit Centers in the country,” he said.