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It is a term that’s familiar to patients at public hospitals, including the most prestigious specialty public hospitals. For indigents and for those in the lower rungs of the middle class, this is perhaps the only way to pay for labs, medicines, confinement and procedures.
The so-called Malasakit Centers promised to “streamline” the procedures for getting medical assistance from the Department of Health, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Philhealth, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, and other sources. There are many positive testimonials about it, and it has been credited for the electoral success of certain politicians.
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