Mindanaotoday.com | Php 175 Million PCSO Medical Aid to 22,539 Beneficiaries in June 2022
By: Leila N. Valencia
PCSO Chairperson and Ad Interim General Manager Anselmo Simeon P. Pinili is proud to announce that in June 2022, PCSO released the amount Php 175,264,118.51 to 22,539 indigents nationwide through its Medical Access Program (MAP).
The program covers the assistance for hospital confinement, dialysis, cancer treatment, specialty medicines (Hemophilia, Post Kidney Transplant, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Anti Lupus, IVig, Psoriasis, ITP, Thalassemia and Neuro-Psychiatric), surgical supplies, implant, laboratory/diagnostic procedures, medical devices, non-invasive and minimally invasive procedures, transplant procedures, and cardio procedures.
On Regional distribution, Northern and Central Luzon (NCL) approved a total amount of Php 40,572,652.10 for 5,408 patients, National Capital Region (NCR) allocated Php 40,917,194.55 for 2,737 indigent patients, Southern Tagalog and Bicol Region (STBR) approved Php 35,163,835.66 for 5,546 patients, Php 31,495,566.41 for 4,518 in the Visayas Region and Php 27,114,869.79 for Mindanao Region with 38,841 qualified individuals.
As for spending, PCSO allocated a total of Php 103,158,590.71 for hospital confinement to 10,745 beneficiaries; Php 23,773,673.67 for chemotherapy with 2,246 patients, 8,194 dialysis patients received Php 32,484,644.91, Php 1,573,346.84 for post-transplant medicines to 120 patients,Php 580,422.00 for hemophilia with 34 patients, Php 1,324,532.40 for Radiation with 127 beneficiaries, Php 6,045,941.69 for laboratory/diagnostic procedures with 854 patients, Anti Lupus medicines received Php 139,416.00 shared by 17 patients, Php 25,000.00 allocated for Thalassemia with 2 patients, Php 27,970.00 for Pneuro-psyche medicines with 6 patients, Php 117,383.00 alloted for 8 patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Php 5,786,087.29 for implants with 171 patients, Php 10,000.00 was released to 1 patients with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), 9 patients diagnosed with Psoriasis received Php 132,310.00 and 5 patients shared Php 84,800.00 for various medicines.
Chairperson and Ad Interim Anselmo P. Pinili invited those who wish to extend their helping hands to our less fortunate kababayans by patronizing all PCSO games and products ,“You can be part of PCSO’s mission of providing much needed assistance to the needy by just purchasing PCSO tickets, because a big portion of the amount you spend, goes directly to charity.”
The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) is a principal government agency tasked to generate funds for health services and programs of national character through charity sweepstakes races, lotteries, and other similar activities.
Every day, thousands of individuals line up in all PCSO offices nationwide to avail of the PCSO flagship program, the Medical Assistance Program (MAP). The agency has established the MAP to aid the financial needs of Filipinos with health-related problems.
PCSO’s main office still implements a “no-contact” policy when receiving requests for medical assistance as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 disease, hence, patients from the National Capital Region (NCR) are encouraged to file their requests through the online application by accessing the PCSO official website www.pcso.gov.ph, go to E-Services and click the NCR Online Application.
PCSO Main Office and all PCSO Branch Offices nationwide are open from Monday to Friday to accept and process requests for medical assistance.
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