P53M released for medical needs
COTABATO CITY — The Bangsamoro region’s social welfare ministry has disbursed a total of P53.2 million in separate allocations for humanitarian projects benefitting the poor, of which P40 million was released last December to a local branch of Mercury Drug.
Social Services and Development Minister Raisa H. Jajurie said the advance payment is intended for medicines prescribed by physicians in both private and government medical facilities catering to the needs of marginalized residents.
The Ministry of Social Services and Development in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao also allocated P10 million to the Cotabato Regional Medical Center to cover the medical bills of poor patients.
In addition, an orphanage operated by the Turkish non-government organization Insani Yardim Vakfi received P1.9 million for the provision of food and necessities for orphans in its care. The Matanog Orphanage Center and the Ribat Islamic Center Orphanage also obtained grants of P480,000 and P468,000, respectively.
Finally, the MSSD-BARMM earmarked P300,000 for the Glang Eye Care Clinic, which focuses on treating elderly eye patients and supplying reading glasses to residents in Bangsamoro towns. — John Felix M. Unson