BACOLOD City Councilor El Cid Familiaran is pushing for the establishment of a Botika ng Bayan at the Bacolod City Health compound which will be classified as one of the economic enterprise units of the city.
He said he saw the need to put up a pharmacy in the city, as senior citizens could not avail of the 20 percent discount in medicines from regular drug stores. Pharmaceuticals could not grant the 20 percent discount to senior citizens, as their profit is only pegged at 10 percent, he added. Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) has a program called “Partner Pharmacy Scheme” wherein the Botika ng Bayan will enter into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the hospital providing that the Botika ng Bayan will provide medicines and medical supplies to patients who are PhilHealth members. “Medicines, oxygen, dextrose, among others, up to the maximum amount that is being allowed by PhilHealth to its members. Then the PhilHealth will pay directly to the pharmacy just like the Lying-in Clinic of the city,” he said. With this scheme, each councilor that has a Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) share can put up a budget of P5,000 each. Each councilor can issue an advice to the hospital that these patients can avail of medical assistance wherein they can get medicines from the Botika ng Bayan, he said. It will be easier and more systematic to help those in need of medical assistance, he said. CARLA CANET SUN STAR BACOLOD
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