00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has appointed new officials of PhilHealth and PIDEA.
00:05This is what Clayzel Pardilla reported.
00:09President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. has appointed a new head of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation of PhilHealth.
00:17Dr. Edwin Mercado was appointed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of PhilHealth.
00:23This is followed by his appointment in front of President Marcos in Malacanang.
00:28Mercado was replaced by Emanuel Ledesma, Jr., who served as President of PhilHealth for more than a year.
00:35He has 35 years of experience in hospital management and is the new head of PhilHealth.
00:41He is the Vice Chairman of the Mercado General Hospital Qualimed Health Network since March 2021
00:48and a regular faculty lecturer at the Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health.
00:53He studies the expenses of each member for the global coverage of inpatient services
00:58and promotes the use of artificial intelligence in community health workers
01:04in the distribution of primary care to the injured.
01:07PhilHealth is proud of Mercado's deep experience in the medical field.
01:14The agency is positive that PhilHealth's initiatives
01:19and the implementation of universal health care
01:23that provides decent medical services to Filipinos is already particular.
01:27Health Secretary Kildoro Herbosa congratulated Mercado and thanked Ledesma for his service.
01:37Meanwhile, the former PNP Major General Isagani Neres was appointed by the President
01:43as the new head of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency or PDEA.
01:48Kalaysal for Diliya for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.
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