{"id":2361,"date":"2014-02-17T05:38:21","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T13:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=2361"},"modified":"2025-01-07T17:51:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T22:51:45","slug":"5-govt-hospitals-in-manila-now-charging-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/02\/17\/5-govt-hospitals-in-manila-now-charging-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"5 govt hospitals in Manila now charging fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2363\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PLM_OM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2363\" alt=\"Ospital ng Maynila \/ Wiki Commons\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PLM_OM.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PLM_OM.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PLM_OM-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ospital ng Maynila \/ <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:PLM_OM.JPG\">Wiki Commons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Five out of six government hospitals in Manila are now charging patients who are not from the city for treatment, according to a report on GMA News&#8217; Saksi\u201d on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Following the passage of Manila Ordinance 8331, the five hospitals will charge non-Manila residents for confinement and other services.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy advair online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwestmed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/advair.html\">https:\/\/www.northwestmed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/advair.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLibre &#8216;yan para sa mga taga-Maynila, yung mga mahihirap sa Maynila.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clenbuterol online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwestmed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clenbuterol.html\">https:\/\/www.northwestmed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/clenbuterol.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Pero kung hindi taga-Maynila [ay] magbabayad na sila,\u201d said Mayor Joseph Estrada, a former Philippine president.<\/p>\n<p>These hospitals are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center<\/li>\n<li>Justice Jose Abad Santos General Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Sampaloc Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Ospital ng Maynila<\/li>\n<li>Sta. Ana Hospital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tondo Hospital, meanwhile, will postpone its collection of fees until March, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>A separate report on GMA News TV&#8217;s \u201cState of the Nation\u201d said Manila residents will still have to pay although with discounts.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of the discount will be determined by Manila&#8217;s social welfare department based on its evaluation of the patient&#8217;s salary bracket.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8217;Yun ang ultimate na target\u2014maibigay sa mga taga-Maynila kung ano ang naibibigay sa private hospital. Yung quality ng service, quality ng care, pati yung top-of-the-line equipment,&#8221; said Dr. Arsenio Pascual, assistant medical director of Ospital ng Maynila.<\/p>\n<p>Indigent patients and holders of Orange Cards are still exempted from paying fees, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health has approved Manila&#8217;s initiative, saying such steps are necessary to improve healthcare around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Fees collected from patients will go into the rehabilitation of hospital facilities, including the replacement of hospital beds and insect extermination.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[If they] don&#8217;t get funding or get reduced funding, the services will suffer. It&#8217;s for the people,\u201d said Dr.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis super active online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northwestmed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-super-active.html\">https:\/\/www.northwestmed.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cialis-super-active.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Ernesto Acosta, director of Ospital ng Maynila.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five out of six government hospitals in Manila are now charging patients who are not from the city for treatment, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":2363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[128],"class_list":["post-2361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ph","tag-upload","mauthors-rie-takumi","mauthors-gma-news-online"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280378,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2361\/revisions\/280378"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}