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Nanawagan si Pangulong Bongbong Marcos sa Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office o PCSO na iwasan ang pagkakaroon ng “palakasan system” sa pamamahagi nito ng mga ambulansya. Paano ito maipatutupad ng ahensya? Iyan at ang iba pang isyu, sinagot ni PCSO General Manager Mel Robles sa #TheMangahasInterviews. Panoorin ang video.

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00:00So Mr. Mel, the President said that health care should not be politicized.

00:06So recently, you distributed 129 ambulances.

00:12How did you choose who will receive it?

00:14Our target is all municipalities, we will prioritize about 1,600 or 1,700 municipalities all over the country.

00:26So far, we have reached already the 600 mark because we are hoping that on the first half of the presidency of President Bongbong Marcos,

00:36we will be able to get 100% of the municipalities.

00:40So what we are giving, they don't even know how to write or submit the documents because they don't believe that they will be given.

00:48But the first ones are the vote rich, the voters and the former opposition bailiwick, Bicol Region.

00:57The first ones who submitted because there are requirements, there are about four documents that are needed.

01:03So the first ones, we will process it immediately.

01:07All right. How much is the value of each ambulance?

01:10About 2.2 million per ambulance.

01:13The problem of some municipalities is that there are cars or ambulances that don't have gas and there are no drivers or health workers.

01:21That's true, they really need gas.

01:25But at the very least, they can move their patients, their constituents to the nearest regional health center or to the nearest provincial health center.

01:37That's why we cannot give it to the barangay because there are no resources in the barangay.

01:45But at least the municipalities, we have an agreement with them for them to include in their budget the maintenance and operation of this ambulance.

01:55That's why we need the commitment of the municipalities to do that.

02:00All right. Now, it looks like there's a comparison to your announcement that the professional fees of doctors will be paid by the PCSO for indigent patients.

02:11Please explain what is the budget allocated here and how much can they ask for help?

02:17Actually, it is the same budget. That's why the budget we're giving today does not cover professional fee and the room.

02:27Since we have a universal health care, in fact, 40 percent of our charity goes to PhilHealth.

02:38That's a big increase in our charity fund but that's okay because we're just transferring the function.

02:45So you first go to PhilHealth, you go to DSWD, you go to DOH, if there's a local government unit.

02:54In the hierarchy of those who sleep, we are the last. We will be the last.

03:00What I noticed, like the congressmen, most of the time, the only thing left is the professional fee.

03:07Correct.

03:08If PhilHealth and other agencies have already paid, the patient is pitiful because they will still pay the professional fee.

03:16So what we did is that our money is now applicable and can be used for the professional fee.

03:23So it's the same budget but we have expanded its usage.

03:28GML, our problem is to balance the money that goes in and the money that goes out for donation.

03:36What is the in-out equation for you? How much do you donate every year and how much can you donate?

03:45Well, this is something peculiar to us. We have zero retention.

03:51While we are a GOCC, we have to earn but we cannot keep any profit. We are really zero.

03:57If there's still some left, we haven't transferred it to the charity, it goes to the national treasury.

04:03Actually, the charity fund is too committed to all other legislations.

04:12We support PhilHealth, we support CHER, we support the Dangerous Drugs Board, and a lot others.

04:20Our actual utilization of our budget is only 10%.

04:24Okay.

04:24That's why I chose the slogan of not asking for help because we cannot use that as an excuse not to help.

04:33Because they always call us, can we ask for help? Can you imagine? What will they say? No.

04:40We still have to do that because by law, we have to be charitable.

04:44Correct.

04:45By law. So that's how it is. We don't have retention.

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