Palawan’s health insurance program benefits 228 residents

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/985982
• Tuesday, May 9, 2017

By Archie T. Barone (PNA)

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY -– Around 228 Palaweños benefited from the provincial government’s health insurance program dubbed Kalingang Pangkalusugan para sa Pamilyang Palaweño (KALINGAPPP) for the month of April.

KALINGAPP, which provides free health insurance through PhilHealth, aims to help poor Palaweños take care of their health by being self-reliant, said Monday by Provincial Information Officer Atty. Gil Acosta.

Of the figure, 85 benefited from their PhilHealth membership in southern Palawan by availing them in the Southern Palawan Provincial Hospital (SPPH) located in Brooke’s Point town; 95 in the Northern Palawan Provincial Hospital (NPPH) in Taytay; and 48 in Cuyo District Hospital in Cuyo municipality.

“KALINGAPPP is part of IHELP (Infrastructure, Health, Education, Livelihood, and Protection of the Environment) Program of Governor Jose Alvarez, and its goal is that Palaweños will be able to receive the benefits of becoming PhilHealth members,” he said.

Acosta said that per report by the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), in the past four months of 2017, over 800 Palaweños have already benefited from KALINGAPPP.

However, he expects the figure to increase in the coming months not only from the points of care, but also for those who will register in the barangay health centers (BHCs) of municipalities to ensure many more will benefit.