00:00The increased PhilHealth package is thanked to those who are dialysing in Catanduanes.
00:06Meanwhile, along with the opening of World Kidney Day,
00:09DOH encouraged Filipinos to take care of their kidneys.
00:15Juris de la Rosa of Radyo Pilipinas-Vira has news for the country.
00:22Here on the island of Catanduanes,
00:24many residents are being helped by PhilHealth programs and services,
00:29especially the dialysis patients.
00:32This is one of them, Father Louie from Bayan ng Baras,
00:35who is being dialysed at Eastern Bicol Medical Center.
00:39I've been dialysing for almost two years now.
00:42The PhilHealth program has been covering me for almost two years.
00:47We don't have any money to pay for it.
00:49But the PhilHealth program is helping me with my dialysis.
00:56This is just one of the promises of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
01:01that the PhilHealth programs will not affect you.
01:04In fact, the former benefit for hemodialysis was P4,000.
01:10Now, it's P6,000 or almost P1 million per year.
01:14We have three hospitals that are catering to this.
01:18JMA in San Andres,
01:22CDHI, a private hospital, and ABMC.
01:27This is a big help for our patients,
01:32especially now that many are undergoing hemodialysis.
01:37According to PhilHealth Bicol,
01:40the dialysis claims in Catanduanes reached P40 million this past year,
01:45while P1.1 billion in the whole region.
01:49The Department of Health is calling for proper care for our kidneys.
01:54From here in Veracatanduanes,
01:56I am Jury Stella Rosa for Balitang Pambansa.
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