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Rody to grace OFW Hospital opening

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President Duterte will lead today’s inauguration of the newly constructed hospital exclusively meant to serve Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families.

Partial operations will begin on Monday, with full operations set by the end of June.

Built on a 1.5-hectare property in the San Fernando City donated by the Pampanga provincial government, the OFW Hospital was established through e joint efforts of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) as manager, Bloomberry Cultural Foundation which shouldered construction cost, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. that bankrolled the procurement of medical equipment’s, and the University of the Philippines – Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) for the initial operations.

DOLE and PGH signed an agreement in January for the latter to help train clinical and administrative personnel; plan the acquisition of hospital equipment; and formulate the clinical and fiscal process flow.

A one-stop Malasakit Center and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration desk would also be set up in the hospital to provide easier access to assistance, including billing and medicines.

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Construction started last year while Executive Order 154, signed on Dec. 7, 2021, hastened the completion of the hospital.

The EO likewise created an Inter-Agency Committee on the OFW Hospital (ICOH) chaired by the DOLE Secretary and co-chaired by the Health Secretary.

The ICOH is in charge of determining and undertaking, in coordination with the Governance Commission for Government-Owned and -Controlled Corporations, the appropriate steps for the formal establishment and/or incorporation of the OFW Hospital in accordance with Republic Act 10149 or the GOCC Governance Act of 2011; and assuming, performing, and carrying out functions and responsibilities of its Board of Trustees.

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