President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday underscored the need to enhance public-private partnerships in the health care sector to improve the Filipinos’ access to quality health services.
The President made this remark during the groundbreaking ceremony of the St. Bernadette Children and Maternity Hospital in San Jose del Monte, Bulacan.
One of the priorities of his administration, the President said, is providing healthcare and affordable health services to every Filipino, stressing however, that to attain that, he needs the cooperation of the people, the government and the private sector.
“Kinakailangan natin ang suporta mula sa lahat ng panig ng lipunan—sa pamahalaan, pribadong sektor, sa ating mga mamamayan—upang magiging matagumpay tayo sa mithiing ito,” the President pointed out.
“Sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaisa at pagtutulungan ng malalakas na pangangatawan ng mamamayan, maitatatag natin ang isang progresibong Pilipinas, kung saan walang mapababayaan at walang maiiwan sa ating pagtahak tungo sa mas maginhawa, mas ligtas na pamumuhay sa darating na panahon,” the President said.
In his speech, President Marcos urged the private sector and medical professionals to back the administration’s healthcare programs.
“Hinihikayat ko ang pribadong sektor at ang propesyong medikal na suportahan at isulong ang mga programang pangkalusugan ng pamahalaan, tulad sa larangan ng serbisyong medikal at [pamumuhunan] sa imprastraktura pangkalusugan, lalo na sa mga malalayo at salat na komunidad,” President Marcos said.
“Nagkakaisa tayo sa paniniwala na obligasyon ng pamahalaan na alagaan ang kalusugan ng kanyang mamamayan, upang panatilihin silang… maitaguyod ang mga sarili at ang kanilang pamilya, at para sa masiglang pagtakbo ng ating ekonomiya,” the chief executive pointed out.
The event in Bgy. Gaya-Gaya in San Jose del Monte, according to President Marcos, is proof of the administration’s dedication to protecting the rights of women and children through the provision of high-quality but affordable healthcare services.
“Sa pamamagitan ng isang community hospital, mapapalapit natin ang pangunahing serbisyong medikal sa mga residente at mapapabilis ang pagtugon at paggamot sa panahon ng pangangailangan,” President Marcos said.
The President urged the Department of Health (DOH) and the San Jose del Monte city government to collaborate with each other to ensure that the children and maternity hospital will be constructed on time and by current standards.
The St. Bernadette Children and Maternity Hospital is one of the administration’s development programs in line with the Philippine Health Facility Development Plan (PHFDP).
Categorized as a Level-1 hospital, the health facility will be equipped with 65 hospital beds, including important facilities such as operating room, recovery room, maternity and isolation facilities, clinical laboratory, imaging facility, and pharmacy. #
