Add’l healthcare subsidies, housing, education programs to be provided to nurses who choose to serve in PH

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00:00The mass migration of the nation's health care professionals has sadly been the norm over the

00:05last several decades, with greener and better pastures offshore and elsewhere. Oddly enough,

00:12this trend is on the turnaround thanks to government's ramped-up efforts to keep these

00:16homegrown gems that are the industry's gold standard here at home with better pay, perks,

00:22and benefits on the back end. Our Alan Francisco on the details of today's health sector huddle

00:29with the President. Provision of additional health care subsidies, housing, and education

00:36programs for Filipino nurses who choose to work in the country despite more financially rewarding

00:42opportunities abroad. This was stated by Health Secretary Chedoro Herbosa in a press briefing

00:48earlier at Malacanang following their sectoral meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

00:53Very soon we will announce that we are actually allocating with DBM

00:59money to get health insurance. So there will be a subsidy that will be given,

01:03just a small amount, but it will allow them to get health insurance for themselves and even

01:07their families. So if they already have PhilHealth, they can get health insurance.

01:11The other one I'm doing is trying to provide housing for our health care nurses.

01:15For publicly employed nurses, Herbosa said, they can apply for housing loans through Pag-ibig.

01:21The government is also focused on programs to prevent widespread illnesses among Filipinos.

01:26This includes Bukas Centers or the Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Services, which focuses on

01:32the improvement of hospital services and treatment, and particularly on women's health.

01:37The President agreed with the program on

01:40promotive health care. There's also the fact that we also can do prevention, so vaccination,

01:47you own other things that you can do.

01:50The government will also establish health facilities in five island tourist spots,

01:55Coron, El Nido, Siargao, Panglao, and Buracay.

01:59The DOH will also study the implementation of floating clinics in the local governments

02:04in the other islands.

02:05This time we're proposing to have floating clinics in our island LGUs. Your reaction on that, sir?

02:10Yeah, kasi na-announced ko yung mobile clinics that will be

02:14launched soon. So we have the first deliveries of this. Yung mobile clinic may x-ray, may

02:20ultrasound, may hematology, chemistry, and then may sariling generator. Paikuti natin to sa mga

02:27communities. And we procured about 83 of this, and this will be delivered in batches.

02:34Under President Marcos' administration, Secretary Herbosa said state universities

02:39and colleges are producing more medical professionals than ever.

02:43The Department of Health is also focused on the rising cases of HIV,

02:47with the youngest infected being 15 years old.

02:50So I actually had a meeting with Sara, Secretary Sara, kasi we need to educate.

02:55They're more experiment and curious.

02:59Alan Francisco, from the National TV Network, for a new and better Philippines.