00:00The zero-billing directives by the President aimed at lifting the poor and indigents from the financial burden of hospital treatment and confinement is a huge game-changing lifeline case in point.
00:13Today's presidential visit to Eastern Visayas Medical Center, where people from Samar, Leyte, and Biliran provinces run to for life-saving treatment, as we hear more from our Diane Querer.
00:25President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visited the Eastern Visayas Medical Center in Taclo, Ban Leyte today.
00:34The President wants to ensure the implementation of zero-balance billing in public hospitals.
00:40Under the universal health care law, patients confined in government hospitals should not pay any additional fees.
00:48Nakikita ko naman, everybody knows what they're supposed to do, zero-billing ang paglabas.
00:53Wala na sila, walang dagdag-dabayad, wala nang dokumento, wala nang kailangan gawin.
00:59Paper mo na lang, pwede na nilang i-uwi ang kanilang pasyente.
01:03The EVMC can accommodate more than 1,000 patients.
01:08It serves residents from Taclo, Ban Leyte, Samar, and Biliran, and also handles referrals for patients with more complex illnesses.
01:16We just have to make sure na lahat ng lahat ng ospital sa buong Pilipinas, alam nila ang procedure, kasi bago ito.
01:25Pagka hindi ka lang magpaka-confine, tinuturoan natin ang ating mga kababayan, pumunta muna sa bukas center.
01:31The Department of Health, or DOH, assured that it will only continue to improve medical services nationwide,
01:38which is part of President Marcos Jr.'s vision that no Filipino will be left behind.
01:44Diane Querer from The National TV for a new and better Philippines.
