PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan — Indigent patients in Mimaropa region who need to go to Manila for treatment can soon stay in a new dormitory, which the regional health office will open in Project 4, Quezon City this April.
“All MAIP (Medical Assistance Indigent Patients) of Mimaropa, especially those without relatives to settle with temporarily in Metro Manila, are welcome to stay in the facility while waiting for their scheduled treatment,” Department of Health (DOH) 4-B (Mimaropa) Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo said in a press statement issued Saturday morning.
“This will be their temporary abode, that is why we have placed the essential amenities needed for them to be comfortable and secure. It is not just a dormitory per se, but a home away from home,” Janairo said of the new dorm that is located beside the regional health office at the Quirino Memorial Medical Center Compound.
The MAIP dormitory, which has three bedrooms, a receiving area, separate shower rooms for male and female patients, and a spacious kitchen, is being built using PHP1.67 million from the 2018 Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses of the regional health office.
Four MAIP patients from the provinces of Palawan and Oriental Mindoro are currently staying at the regional health office.
“Once this facility is completed, we can accommodate more patients from the provinces, and they will be provided with free board and lodging and other basic needs, including meals and medicines,” Janairo added.
He said it is very important that indigent patients from Mimaropa are provided the assistance and moral support to make them feel that they are not neglected and that the government is always prepared to give them what they need.
Mimaropa covers the provinces of Occidental and Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan. (PNA)
