By Franco Regala
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital (JBLMRH) here got an additional boost after it received a P10-million financial assistance from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) to augment existing funds in handling coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.
PCSO Branch Manager Maria Lourdes Siscar Soliman personally turns over the P10-million financial assistance to Dr. Alfonso C.Danac, JBLMGH chief of Medical and Professional Staff and Joy Flores, head of JBLMGH of the Finance Department to augment funds for COVID--19 patients. (FRANCO G. REGALA / MANILA BULLETIN)
PCSO Branch Manager Maria Lourdes Siscar Solman personally handed over the monetary aid to Dr. Alfonso C. Danac, chief of Medical and Professional Staff, and Joy Flores, head of the Finance department of JBLMRH.
The amount given to JBLMRH was part of the PCSO's P447 million financial grant to 81 government hospitals across the country that aims to augment the financial capability of the beneficiary hospitals in catering to COVID-19 patients. It is chargeable to the agency's Charity Fund under its Calamity Assistance Program (CAP) budget.
"The coverage of the assistance is specifically limited to COVID 19 cases and shall be utilized for testing kits, reagents, medical/ diagnostic equipment, confinement, medicines, laboratory/ diagnostic procedures and personal protective equipment,'' according to Soliman.
JBL is a Level III tertiary and teaching hospital that caters to people of region 3, with the people of Pampanga as its primary catchment area and nearby provinces like Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Tarlac, Zambales and Aurora as its secondary catchment areas.
PCSO Branch Manager Maria Lourdes Siscar Soliman personally turns over the P10-million financial assistance to Dr. Alfonso C.Danac, JBLMGH chief of Medical and Professional Staff and Joy Flores, head of JBLMGH of the Finance Department to augment funds for COVID--19 patients. (FRANCO G. REGALA / MANILA BULLETIN)
PCSO Branch Manager Maria Lourdes Siscar Solman personally handed over the monetary aid to Dr. Alfonso C. Danac, chief of Medical and Professional Staff, and Joy Flores, head of the Finance department of JBLMRH.
The amount given to JBLMRH was part of the PCSO's P447 million financial grant to 81 government hospitals across the country that aims to augment the financial capability of the beneficiary hospitals in catering to COVID-19 patients. It is chargeable to the agency's Charity Fund under its Calamity Assistance Program (CAP) budget.
"The coverage of the assistance is specifically limited to COVID 19 cases and shall be utilized for testing kits, reagents, medical/ diagnostic equipment, confinement, medicines, laboratory/ diagnostic procedures and personal protective equipment,'' according to Soliman.
JBL is a Level III tertiary and teaching hospital that caters to people of region 3, with the people of Pampanga as its primary catchment area and nearby provinces like Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Tarlac, Zambales and Aurora as its secondary catchment areas.