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The 2021 national budget has sufficient funding to support the implementation of the Doktor para sa Bayan Act, which has been signed into law recently by President Duterte, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. Villanueva, principal sponsor and author of Republic Act No. 11509 or the Doktor para sa Bayan Act, explained that Congress allocated over […]
Senator Dick Gordon widened the options of medical scholars for serving the county upon becoming doctors after his amendment to the proposed bill seeking to establish a medical scholarship program was approved. Gordon proposed to amend Senate Bill No. 1520 or the Doktor Para sa Bayan Act to include working for international organizations accredited by […]
The Senate has passed on second reading the “Doktor Para Sa Bayan” bill that provides scholarships to aspiring doctors, and widens the availability of medical education, as the country seeks to improve people’s access to medical attention, according to Senator Joel Villanueva. The bill seeks to address the gap between doctors and patients as data […]
The Senate has begun plenary deliberation into a proposed measure to grant scholarships to qualified students pursuing a medical degree in exchange for a return-of-service arrangement that will address the shortage of doctors around the country. Delivering the sponsorship speech on the Medical Scholarship bill recently, Senator Joel Villanueva pointed out that the wide doctor-to-patient […]
Quezon City Rep. Precious Castelo is urging the Department of Health (DOH) to hire as permanent employees hundreds of doctors and nurses who have volunteered to help the government fight COVID-19. “Instead of just giving them a daily allowance of P500, we should consider recruiting them to fill numerous vacancies in the DOH. Their willingness […]
A bill seeking to increase the hazard pay of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel in conflict areas, including civilian doctors and nurses has been filed in the Senate. Senator Manny Pacquiao has filed Senate Bill No. 970 seeking to increase the current P540 monthly hazard pay of AFP personnel in conflict areas […]
Amid rising population of Filipino senior citizens and the scarcity of specialists to treat them, reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara is urging medicine students to pursue geriatric medicine, a specialty that focuses on the health care of the elderly. The number of Filipinos at or over age 60 almost doubled to 8 million from 4.6 million […]
Former Special Assistant to the President (SAP) and senatorial candidate Bong Go said the country cannot improve its health care program for the poor if government will not work to increase the benefits of Filipino nurses and doctors. Go, in an interview at the sidelines of the PDP-Laban campaign sortie in Cebu, vowed to look […]
Senator Sonny Angara has vowed to push for the funding of the medical scholarship program to address the shortage of doctors in the country. For this school year, the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has allocated P250 million to subsidize the tuition of medical students in eight state universities and colleges (SUCs). For next school […]
Senator Joel Villanueva is calling for the establishment of universal health care for all Filipinos as he co-sponsors Senate Bill No. 1896 or “An Act Instituting Universal Health Care For All Filipinos” under Committee Report No. 40.1 In a speech, Villanueva mentioned that the measure paves the way for the inclusion of all Filipinos in […]