CEBU CITY – Mayor-elect Edgardo Labella said he plans to make the services of the City Hospitalization and Medicine Program (CHAMP) available 24 hours a day when he assumes his post in July.
“I will make the services of CHAMP available 24 hours a day so that City Hall would be able to assist indigent residents with their immediate medical needs and during emergencies,” he said.
Labella said local residents can avail of P25,000 assistance for hospitalization through the program as well as P5,000 for medicines and P5,000 for laboratory procedures.
To avail these benefits, he said a patient or his representative only needs to present the hospital bill or doctors’ prescription together with voter’s certificate and barangay clearance as proof of residency. He said CHAMP personnel will be assigned at the Cebu City Medical Center, Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, and accredited private hospitals to cater to the needs of the patients anytime of the day.
Private hospitals where CHAMP services will soon be made available include the Cebu Doctors University Hospital, Cebu Velez General Hospital, Chong Hua Hospital, and St. Vincent General Hospital. Labella said he hopes these private hospitals would not refuse patients who cannot pay any deposit since CHAMP will be there to guarantee payment. (Luel Galarpe)
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