PNoy couldn't but Duterte can - More Hospitals Provide Free Medicines to Poor Filipinos

Once again we ask, why is it that President Rody Duterte could do it, but former President B. S. Aquino could not provide more hospitals that could give free medicines to poor Filipinos?

Whatever the answer, what Duterte did is good news for the underprivileged!

I would rather have a President with a "bastos mouth" but has a heart of gold than a "religious, decent mouth" with a heart of stone.



On Monday, August 14, Malacañang announced that more public hospitals are providing free medicines for underprivileged patients.

Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Jose Reyes Memorial Hospital, East Avenue Medical Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, Philippine Children’s Hospital, and San Lazaro Hospital to implement the Libreng Gamot Para sa Masa Program (Lingap), which entitle poor patients to free medicine assistance.



With the addition of these five hospitals, the DSWD now has a total of 11 partner hospitals implementing the government’s pro-poor healthcare program.

"A total of P96,659,339.76 has already been given to 13,142 indigent patients by the initial six partner hospitals located in regions III, VI, VII, XI and NCR," said Abella at a press briefing in Malacañang.