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.

In a video uploaded to his social media pages, the President said the government had allocated P11.12 billion to add more specialty centers in the different parts of the country this year.

The specialty centers prioritize the following care:

• Cancer care
• Cardiovascular care
• Lung care
• Renal care and kidney transplant
• Brain and spinal care
• Trauma care
• Burn care
• Orthopedic care
• Physical rehabilitation medicine
• Infectious disease and tropical medicine
• Toxicology
• Mental health
• Geriatric care
• Neonatal care
• Dermatology
• Eye, ear, nose, and throat care

In August last year, Marcos signed into law the Regional Specialty Centers Act, which mandates the Department of Health (DOH) to establish specialty centers in its hospitals in every region and state-controlled specialty hospitals.

President Marcos likewise reported the accomplishments under the Doctors to the Barangays program, mainly that 204 out of 218, or 91 percent of municipalities, have medical doctors assigned to look after the health of residents.

"Ninety-one percent na ng municipalities ay masasabi nating may nag-aalaga na doctor (We can say that 91 percent of the municipalities have dedicated doctors looking after them)," Marcos said.

“Kaya’t napaka importante nito, patuloy pa itong programang ito para naman masabi natin na talaga nating binabantayan ang kalusugan ng ating mga mamamayan (This is very important that's why this program will continue so people will know that we are really looking after their health),” he added.

The program was established in the 1990s to supply doctors to municipalities without medical professionals.