BEFORE BOWING OUT from her last term, Gov. Aurora Cerilles has pledged to enroll 100 percent all indigents in Zamboanga del Sur with the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). Cerilles vowed to expand the coverage of PhilHealth to cover more beneficiaries
not previously enrolled and those not covered by the Social Security System or the Government Service Insurance System and even those who do not have any health insurance.
With the presence of the Zambosur Medical Center (ZSMC) and the intensified Inter-Local Health Zones (ZILHZs) in the province, the governor stressed that securing health services in the province has become easy with PhilHealth.
Cerilles who chairs the Provincial Health Board, calls her plan a “universal health insurance coverage.” This means that all eligible indigents of Zambosur will be given coverage in medical and dental health care.
She urged all city and municipal executives to measure up with her target and aim for the same goal by enrolling all their indigent households with PhilHealth.
“Health is our priority, it is one of my 7-Points Agenda and before I finish my term I want my agenda to succeed,” Cerilles said.
Such a scheme was implemented so that all local government seats, whether the barangay, municipality and province will allocate financial counterpart in the first two years of its implementation.
Under this scheme, the beneficiary will only pay 25 percent of the total premium cost while LGUs will equally share the remaining 75 percent.
So far, of the total target of 134,301 beneficiaries, PhilHealth data states that about 92.216 were enrolled in Zambosur, which is about 57 percent in total enrollment.
Cerilles said with the Provincial-wide Investment Plan for health in place, the province was able to receive a grant from the health department amounting to P1.5 million for the maternal newborn child health and nutrition and commodity self reliance.
She also said that teaming up with congressman Tony Cerilles, her husband, they were able to obtain a subsidy from Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile in the amount of P10-million for the expansion of the Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center.
The funding, according to Cerilles will be for the establishment of the Physical Therapy Center and the construction of private rooms in said hospital. Accordingly, the bidding for this project will be held next month.
Cerilles hopes all her plans will be achieved with the full backing of the provincial board and local chief executives even as she urged them to attend the regular policy board meetings in their respective ILHZs.
Under Zambosur’s new health system, three ILHZs were set up: J-Smart, Dumanquillas and Yllana, from which all the 26 towns of the two districts of Zambosur were assigned accordingly.
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|2010-02-01 05:51:26 CatalystOfChangeThis is wat i called... Public service! who looks after the welfare of others
I salute you! keep up the good work and words couldnt express my full gratitude for you to help the citizen of ZDS.
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|2010-02-01 19:12:09 the true webmasterfacethat's the real public servant.. a servant who knows what is best for her people....
to the opponents....show us first your cridibility and actions before uttering any words false promises....OK?
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|2010-02-08 06:16:34 peekut - HAPPY!Katawanan kaayo mga kasaba boys en gills ni Celilles.
Tlying hald (TH) gyud sila dayeg ila amo insultador.
Lipay kaayo sila balita Medical Center. Hihihi
Mulag bata nga hatagan lollipop.
Medical Centel daghan anomaliya, matud COA.
Dako dawat Celilles sweldo contlactol.
Pilting dakoa gyud nga pwede pasimento dalan San Pablo.
Dayun lipay dumadapig Celilles. Happy sila.
Nablainwash sa sobla hadlok ug kasaba sa ila amo.
Murag panahon gyera Hapon.
Mga Pilipino pakpak bisan dili lipay. Hadlok sila Hapon.
Duna ploject Celilles, duna pud siya sweldo gikan contlactol.
Matag ploject buhat, duna pud bag-o bilding Celilles.
Semento dalan Bisuangan, taod2x duna Hotel Alindahaw.
Semento dalan Sominot, taod2x palit bilding Pielago.
Constluct medical centel, taod2x kalit human Alindahaw lesolt.
Mao nga kami ako palyenti pustahanay.
Kung duna ploject Celilles, kami tagna unsa bilding tukod Celilles.
Kung kinsa kolect tagna, siya daog pelo ipalit namo lomi aron happy.
Palehas sa mga dumadapig Celilles, Happy! hihihi
