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CEBU CITY, Philippines — Over 90,000 senior residents in Cebu Metropolis will obtain free upkeep medicines beginning January 2025.
This comes after Mayor Raymond Alvin Garcia introduced plans to revive town initiative to assist the well being wants of the aged. He mentioned that this effort will particularly goal persistent circumstances equivalent to hypertension, diabetes, and arthritis.
“Mao na nga sunod tuig, mosaad ko kaninyo atong gibutang sa funds nga subsequent 12 months. January, magsugod na ta og hatag og on a regular basis upkeep medication sa atoang mga kaigsoonan unya mo ingon dayon si maam, ‘’Di na ta mamalit’,” Garcia mentioned in a current barangay meeting in Barangay Tinago.
(That’s the reason, subsequent 12 months, I’ll promise you that I’ll embody that within the funds nezt 12 months. In January, we are going to begin releasing the on a regular basis upkeep medication of our fellow Cebunanos then ma’am will say that ‘We want not purchase them.’)
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“Ayaw na mo og palit, kay ato na nang sugdan sa Enero, kay ato na man nang nabutang sa funds for subsequent 12 months,” he added.
(Don’t you purchase (upkeep medication) as a result of we are going to begin that (free upkeep medication) in January, as a result of now we have already included that within the funds subsequent 12 months.)
P70M for medicines
This system’s funds allocation for 2025 contains P70 million devoted to the “Medication and Medicines-Preventive Upkeep and Diet Program,” half of a bigger P1.1 billion fund put aside for senior citizen companies.
Managed by the Division of Social Welfare and Companies and the Metropolis Well being Division, this system will ship every day medicines to seniors upon presentation of a legitimate prescription, offering much-needed aid to many low-income households.
This initiative additionally reinstates a system beforehand utilized by former mayors Tomas Osmeña and Edgardo Labella, the place barangay well being employees delivered medicines straight to seniors’ properties.
Make medicines extra accessible
Garcia mentioned this distribution system could be revived to make medicines extra accessible for aged residents, notably these with restricted mobility.
The mayor additional introduced that December will convey further monetary help for seniors masking the final three months of 2024, whereas barangay employees, together with tanods and well being aides, may obtain a P5,000 Christmas bonus pending metropolis council approval.
Garcia has proposed a complete funds of P17.9 billion for 2025. The funds plan allocates the biggest share, P2.4 billion, for personnel companies, adopted by P1.1 billion for monetary support to senior residents, P400 million for barangays, P550 million for rubbish assortment and disposal, and P450 million for socialized housing.
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