AMBAG Project Manager Mohd Asnin
Pendatun during the ceremonial signing of the memorandum of agreement between
the Office of the Chief Minister and provincial government of Cotabato.COTABATO CITY – More indigent and low-income patients will get free medical assistance and healthcare support as three additional partner hospitals from North Cotabato forged a partnership with the Office of the Chief Minister on Friday, July 30.
Through the Ayudang Medikal Mula sa Bangsamoro Government (AMBaG) project, hospitals such as Aleosan District Hospital, which will receive P5 million; Cotabato Provincial Hospital in Amas, Kidapawan (P10 million); and Dr. Amado B. Diaz Hospital in Midsayap, in North Cotabato (P5 million) – joining other 22 hospitals within and outside the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as partner-beneficiaries.
BARMM Senior Minister Abdulraof Macacua hopes that Friday’s memorandum of agreement signing will “foster a more profound sense of commitment and more extensive collaboration among all of us that will translate into concrete forward-looking actions for health.”
“The Government of the Day is thoroughly determined to work with relentless vigor towards attaining universal health care. Together, we will continue with increased devotion in stamping out illness and in building a healthy Bangsamoro,” he added.
On the other hand, Dr. Eva Rabaya, chief of the Provincial Health Office, expressed her gratitude to the Office of the Chief Minister (OCM) “for considering Cotabato province for this very noble endeavor, particularly providing medical services that would benefit the communities in the 63 barangays in North Cotabato”.
“Rest assured that the amounts provided to the province will be properly utilized under the management of each chief of hospitals as they will really help the medical needs of the patients admitted in three hospitals,” Rabaya added.
In his message read by Pendatun, BARMM Chief Minister Ahod B. Ebrahim said the AMBaG Project, as one of his special programs, was “born out of a simple yet meaningful desire to help the indigent and underprivileged Bangsamoro.”
“The importance of
lending a helping hand for medical expenses cannot come at a more suitable period
than what we are experiencing today with the ongoing pandemic,” Ebrahim said
highlighting that healthcare and medical services are among the top priorities
of the government.
Since its creation in December 2019, AMBaG had already helped a total of 14,748 patients from its partner hospitals. Of which, 10,347 beneficiaries were totally cleared of their balances.
Qualified beneficiaries of the AMBaG project will receive an initial amount of P10,000 for medical support, provided that they will comply with the necessary requirements such as endorsement letter, a request letter addressed to the OCM, including their updated medical abstract and latest hospital bill.
According to Pendatun, patients whose hospital bills extend beyond the said amount will be forwarded to AMBaG Program Management Office (PMO) for arrangements. These also include those who are undergoing dialysis, chemotherapy, and physical therapy.
The said assistance will prioritize patients who are situated in the service ward. However, it will also cater those who are in-suite rooms and private rooms.
Applicants of the AMBaG’s medical services are encouraged to contact 0917-803-9295 or visit the official Facebook page, AMBaG-Ayudang Medikal Mula sa Bangsamoro Government. (BANGSAMORO INFORMATION OFFICE, MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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