Taguig LGU to shoulder tuition of aspiring doctors
At A Glance
- Each scholar will also receive a monthly allowance of P15,000
The Taguig City government will pay the tuition and miscellaneous fees of qualified scholars who aspire to become doctors.
The city government launched the Value of Education through Stewardship for Taguigeños (INVEST) Scholarship Program to address the shortage of doctors in public hospitals.
“Ang kakulangan ng mga doktor sa ating mga pampublikong ospital ay isa sa mga suliraning pangkalusugan na nararanasan ng ating bansa ngayon. Sa ilalim po ng programa, paaaralin ng Medisina ang mga iskolar na papasa sa screening process at willing na mag-render ng return service sa Pamahalaang Lungsod (The shortage of doctors in our public hospitals is one of the health problems our country is experiencing today. Under the program, scholars who pass the screening process and are willing to render return service to the City Government will be educated in Medicine),” Mayor Lani Cayetano posted on Facebook.
Taguig’s partner medical schools under the program are:
- Ateneo de Manila University School of Medicine and Public Health
- Centro Escolar University – Manila
- DLSU Health Sciences Institute
- Far Eastern University Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation
- Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila
- Saint Luke's College of Medicine
- San Beda University
- UERM Memorial Medical Center
- University or Santo Tomas
- University of the Philippines Manila
Cayetano said the city government will pay for the full tuition and miscellaneous fees and each student will receive a monthly allowance of P15,000. The program will start in the next academic year.
“Nais burahin ng Taguig ang takot ng ating mga iskolar na mag-aral ng kursong Medisina dahil sa mabigat na gastusing kaakibat nito. Ilang taon po mula ngayon, natitiyak nating mas dadami pa ang mga doktor sa ating lungsod; mas lalong matutugunan ang mga pasyente sa public health centers at hospitals; at mas mapapalawak pa ang mga programang mangangalaga sa kalusugan ng ating mga kababayan (Taguig wants to erase the fear of our scholars to study Medicine because of the heavy expenses associated with it. A few years from now, we are sure that there will be more doctors in our city; more patients will be served in public health centers and hospitals; and programs that will protect the health of our countrymen will be expanded),” she said.