00:00Anong nakakagaling? Anong diba?
00:02Eli, ano yung halaman na nakakagaling?
00:05Eh di, transplant.
00:07Yay!
00:13Sabi ko, ah, effective nga yung transplant. Matalino tong batang to.
00:18Anyway, today is the celebration of the lives that were given another chance.
00:23It is the celebration of families who endured fear, long hospital stays, and difficult waiting periods
00:30who are now able to stand together once again with hope for the future.
00:35Commonly, most Filipinos would go to India because the cost of liberal transplantation there is 2.1 million pesos.
00:43But here, it was 5 million pesos prior to this agreement.
00:48But after, when Stuart came in, he said, I'll lower it by 50%.
00:53So it's down to 2.4, around that, for that level.
00:58And if you think about that, 2.4 versus 2.1, plus the cost of travel being there.
01:05Actually, it makes no sense why we should go and send our kids to India.
01:10This operation should be done in the Philippines.
01:12And I will fully support that they be done in the Philippines.
01:15You mentioned kidney transplantation as PhilHealth Z-benefit.
01:21So we're now working, Lisa, as Dr. Edwin Mercado, the president of PhilHealth.
01:25I chair the benefits to me.
01:27Whatever benefit package, I think this should be about 1.7 sa kidney.
01:331.7 million.
01:35So please double.
01:36Pwede na 2 million?
01:38Double, please.
01:39So if we get that transplant, even the immunosuppression for kidney transplant is paid for $40,000 a month.
01:47So I do hope we can pass this, but I'm still Secretary of Health and Chairman of the Board of
01:52PhilHealth.
01:52And this will definitely help 144 patients with biliary atresia a year.
01:58So we can actually take care of that.
02:05So today, as we celebrate this first birthday of the TMC Resolve Medical Joint Liver Transplant Program,
02:14we honor the courage, compassion, and commitment that made these second chances possible.
02:48We'll see you next time.
02:49We'll see you next time.
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