QC Covid-19 hospitals to get P1.3-B budgetary increase
(File photo) MANILA - A party-list lawmaker on Thursday said several government-owned coronavirus disease (Covid-19) treatment hospitals in Quezon City received a total of PHP1.3 billion in additional funds this year under the 2022 national budget. Anakalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor said the Lung Center of the Philippines, a Covid-19 referral and treatment hospital, will receive an augmentation of PHP179 million, from PHP505 million last year to PHP684 million this year. Defensor said the National Kidney and Transplant Institute will get PHP300 million more, from PHP1.3 billion to PHP1.6 billion,...