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+ December 17, 2020 AMID the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, the Cebu City Hospitalization Assistance and Medicines Program (Champ) was able to save P74.7 million on medical expenses in 2020.
Champ officer-in-charge Jundel Bontuyan, during the budget hearing of the proposed 2021 annual budget, said that as of the second week of December 2020, the Champ still has a remaining balance of P74.7 million for medical expenses.
Bontuyan said this was because many patient-beneficiaries decided not to go to the hospitals and have their medical checkup in health facilities for fear of contracting Covid-19.
We have a big remaining balance because some people opted not to have their checkup at this time, Bontuyan said in an interview.