President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has promised to provide every province in the country with a mobile clinic for basic medical and laboratory services to Filipinos.

“Layunin natin na sa lalong madaling panahon, lahat ng lalawigan natin ay may sapat na mga center o pasilidad na may kakayahang makapagbigay ng pangunahing serbisyong-medikal para sa ating mga mamamayan,” President Marcos said in his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday at the Batasang Pambansa.

“Samantala, titiyakin natin na ang bawat isang probinsya ay mabibigyan ng Mobile Clinic, upang ang laboratory exam at ilan pang pangunahing serbisyong-medikal ay mapapalapit natin sa ating mga kababayan,” he stated.

The national government has been working with local government units (LGUs) for the establishment of “Super Health Centers”, Marcos said, noting that in the coming years, sufficient number of doctors and nurses would be posted at those centers.

In addition, the President said the government launched more than 20 Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service (BUCAS) Centers in different parts of the country aimed at decongesting public hospitals.

These Centers will provide competent ambulatory care, most especially to the poor and to the disadvantaged, for health conditions that do not require hospital admission.

With regard to fighting cancer, Marcos said the UP-PGH Cancer Center and the Philippine Cancer Center of the DOH, will soon join the nation’s fight against the deadly disease. PND