BOGO, Cebu, Philippines – Indigent individuals and families in the fourth district here are now covered with medical aid after Rep. Benhur Salimbangon signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office-7 for the use of his P3-million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for medical funds.

Said beneficiaries can now start availing of funds covering expenses for medical treatment, medicine, laboratories, diagnostic procedures and other such needs.

“This concern has been conceived to help alleviate the laboratory and diagnostic expenses incurred by my constituents especially those who cannot afford the high cost of medical treatment,” Salimbangon said during the MOA signing.

The solon clarified that maximum assistance given to a client is P25,000.00 and confinement in private hospitals are not allowed unless there’s a certification from government hospitals that these are full and could not anymore accept the patient.

Laboratory examinations in private hospitals and/or testing centers are not allowed too unless government hospitals and clinics will certify that such procedure is not available.