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Published April 3, 2021, 3:20 PM
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) on Friday, April 3, has assured that patients admitted in tents of accredited hospitals will be entitled to its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) packages if services given them are considered in-patient care.
PhilHealth President Dante Gierran made the statement after reports that patients staying in temporary tents of hospitals were allegedly charged P1,000 per hour while waiting to be admitted to a room.
“PhilHealth fully acknowledges the current situation where patients are temporarily placed in tents because hospitals can no longer admit them in regular hospital beds,” Gierran said.
“PhilHealth guarantees that COVID-19 patients are entitled to health insurance coverage for RT-PCR tests, isolation in accredited community isolation units, and hospitalization for mild to critical cases of COVID-19,” he added.
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The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation says 95% of the ₱15-billion allegedly stolen by the agency s former officials have been liquidated, where it went to 711 hospitals for their COVID-19 response.
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PhilHealth President Dante Gierran bared during a press briefing at the Malacanang that they are down to the last portions of the liquidation process.
“Ang utos ng senado at lower house, sabi i-liquidate so ngayon po 92 percent na ang liquidated. Konti na lang (The Senate and the lower house ordered its liquidation, at present, we have already liquidated 92 percent. We’re almost done),” Gierran said.
“I will not allow that yung pera ng Pilipino ay mawala (the money of the Filipinos to be lost). Galing ako sa NBI, hindi pwedeng mangyari sa’kin yan (I came from the NBI, I won’t let that happen),” he added.