{"id":256361,"date":"2020-05-28T02:59:23","date_gmt":"2020-05-28T06:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=256361"},"modified":"2025-01-20T01:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T06:40:36","slug":"1-9k-indigents-get-p14-m-medical-aid-in-2-days-pcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/05\/28\/1-9k-indigents-get-p14-m-medical-aid-in-2-days-pcso\/","title":{"rendered":"1.9K indigents get P14-M medical aid in 2 days: PCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_249102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-249102\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pcso-gen-mgr-royina-garma-cltc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-249102 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pcso-gen-mgr-royina-garma-cltc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pcso-gen-mgr-royina-garma-cltc.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/pcso-gen-mgr-royina-garma-cltc-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-249102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In a statement Thursday, PCSO general manager Royina Garma said the agency has approved PHP7,394,146 worth of medical assistance to 974 beneficiaries on Tuesday and PHP6,978,789 to 960 beneficiaries on Wednesday. (PNA file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has released over PHP14 million in medical assistance to almost 2,000 eligible indigent beneficiaries nationwide in just two days.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement Thursday, PCSO general manager Royina Garma said the agency has approved PHP7,394,146 worth of medical assistance to 974 beneficiaries on Tuesday and PHP6,978,789 to 960 beneficiaries on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Medical Access Program (MAP), formerly known as the Individual Medical Assistance Program or (IMAP), is designed to augment the medical needs of indigent Filipinos, particularly hospital confinement, chemotherapy, dialysis, and post-transplant medicines.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy celexa online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrehabetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/celexa.html\">https:\/\/www.myrehabetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/celexa.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> The program is funded by revenues from PCSO games nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Garma said amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis, the agency is continuing to provide medical assistance to the increasing number of indigents seeking help from PCSO.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rest assured that the agency will find ways to meet the medical and health-related needs of all Filipinos, especially the marginalized,&#8221; Garma said.<\/p>\n<p>She, meanwhile, said a total of PHP18.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy wellbutrin online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrehabetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/wellbutrin.html\">https:\/\/www.myrehabetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/wellbutrin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>7-million financial assistance will be given to 6,241 individual lotto and Keno agents nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Garma said that the agency understands the burden of the Lotto and Keno agents as the PCSO games were suspended due to the health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That\u2019s why, as our partners in raising revenues, we also have to look after their welfare during this global pandemic,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zydena online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myrehabetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zydena.html\">https:\/\/www.myrehabetc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/png\/zydena.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Garma has directed all branch managers and all other concerned officials to immediately facilitate the release of the assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The grant of financial assistance was approved through PCSO Board Resolution 109 s. 2020 which was subsequently approved by the Office of the President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) has released over PHP14 million in medical assistance to almost 2,000 eligible indigent &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":249102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256361","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=256361"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286077,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256361\/revisions\/286077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}