TACLOBAN CITY – The form for availing financial assistance from siblings senators, Pia and Allan Peter Cayetano, can also be used at the Don Vicente Sotto Memorial Hospital in Cebu City, according to Rey Martinez, the representative of the two senators during the signing of the memorandum of agreement and turn-over of funds held at the Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center(EVRMC) here.
The turn-over of fund was witnessed by Board Member Carlo Loreto, the majority floor leader of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Leyte, Mayor Jose Roble of Hilongos, Dr. Edgardo De Leon, EVRMC chief of hospitaland Dr. Aileen Espina, EVRMC chief of professional medical staff.
Indigent patient who wish to avail of the medical assistance fund from the two senators should first secure a form that is available at the office of Loreto, said Martinez.
A total of P1 million was allocated by the two senators for the EVRMC were each indigent patient is entitled to receive P1,000 worth of medical assistance, according to Martinez.
Martinez added that all indigent residents in the region can avail for the medical assistance.
The Cayetano siblings, according to Dr. Espina, are the fifth among senators that provided assistance for indigent patient in the hospital.
Other senators are Senators Franciz Escudero, Bongbong Marcos, Juan Ponce Enrile and Antonio Trillanes.
Aside from the EVRMC, the two senators also provided financial assistance from their pork barrel to the Leyte Provincial Hospital with the same amount of P1 million, according to Martinez.
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