{"id":112247,"date":"2017-08-15T22:36:23","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T02:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=112247"},"modified":"2017-08-15T22:36:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T02:36:23","slug":"ph-boxers-to-get-free-medical-check-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/15\/ph-boxers-to-get-free-medical-check-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"PH boxers to get free medical check-ups"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_112248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112248\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ubial-GAB2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112248\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ubial-GAB2.png\" alt=\"The health chief said funds from the Medical Assistance Program (MAP) will be used to give boxers free medical check-ups, similar to that offered to soldiers and other key populations.\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ubial-GAB2.png 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ubial-GAB2-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The health chief said funds from the Medical Assistance Program (MAP) will be used to give boxers free medical check-ups, similar to that offered to soldiers and other key populations. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The country\u2019s professional boxers will soon enjoy free medical check-ups in certain government hospitals, Health Secretary Dr. Paulyn Ubial said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Department of Health wants all Filipinos to have annual check-ups. So whether you are a boxer, or other professionals, wala kang trabaho (if you are unemployed), farmer, fisher folk, lahat ng Filipino dapat may check-up (all Filipinos should have check-ups). We are here to provide these services to the Filipino people, so why not to boxers,\u201d Ubial said after signing a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Games and Amusement Board (GAB) chairperson, Baham Mitra) on giving professional boxers free medical exams.<\/p>\n<p>The health chief said funds from the Medical Assistance Program (MAP) will be used to give boxers free medical check-ups, similar to that offered to soldiers and other key populations.<\/p>\n<p>Mitra noted that 1,054 professional boxers are expected to benefit from the program.<\/p>\n<p>The GAB and the boxers, he said, have agreed to ask the current administration to provide CT scans and MRI to boxers whose earnings are less than the minimum wage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is definitely a big help to the professional boxers and their families,&#8221; he said, pointing out that professional boxers are required to undergo and pass medical exams prior to the approval or renewal of their boxing licenses.<\/p>\n<p>Under the MOA, all applicant and current professional boxers will be given free CT scans, MRI, X-Ray, EEG, drug test, Hepatitis C and HIV screening, neurological clearance, eye examinations and other services at the Philippine Heart Center, National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKI), Lung Center of the Philippines, and the Philippine Children&#8217;s Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>Ubial said the health department will also help boxers get PhilHealth benefits so they could avail of the government\u2019s health care services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The country\u2019s professional boxers will soon enjoy free medical check-ups in certain government hospitals, Health Secretary Dr. Paulyn Ubial &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":112248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,16,95],"tags":[21307,3693,3776,21308],"class_list":["post-112247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-boxers","tag-department-of-health-2","tag-philhealth","tag-ubial","mauthors-leilani-junio","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}