Inilatag kay Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. sa sectoral briefing ngayong umaga ang National Human Resources Master Plan 2020 – 2040, na layong paigtingin ang healthcare system sa bansa.
“So this was the gist of the presentation where we will focus on: number one, health promotion and disease prevention; number two, acute care; and, number three, women’s health.” —Secretary Herbosa
Sa press briefing sa Malacañang, sinabi ni Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Ted Herbosa na pinatututukan ng Pangulo ang primary health care.
“Attached to this is really a launch of mobile clinics, the DOH is procuring mobile clinics that will be used as a partner to go to the remote areas. And to complete the whole gamut from specialty center, regional hospital, BUCAS mobile clinic is the Purok Kalusugan Program – this is a program wherein we will revitalize primary healthcare in the community and going down below the level of the barangay at the purok level.” —Secretary Herbosa.
Natalakay aniya sa pulong ang paglalaan ng pondo ng pamahalaan para sa mga specialty hospital, lalo’t karamihan sa mga sakit na ikinamamatay ng mga Pilipino ay maaari naman sanang maiwasan, kung may mabuting primary care services sa local level.
“We will need the human resources, so we saw the gap. Prinesent ko sa presidente na we have about a 190,000 needed to actually fill-in the gaps of our health care system – that’s with the net flow ‘no, iyong mga nag-migrate at iyong mga nag-OFW plus iyong nagga-graduate from our schools.” —Secretary Herbosa.
Kabilang rin dito ang pagbababa ng mobile clinic sa mga komunidad at ang development ng Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Services Centers sa bansa.
“This will be run by our doctors from our regional hospital and we started this project last January and we now have actually ten operational all over the Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao – and we expect to open another eight in the next few months. We are targeting as much as 28 for this administration but I think we will exceed that because now, I have 79 proposals from different regional offices.” —Secretary Herbosa. | ulat ni Racquel Bayan
