62 were given dental and medical assistance and treatment at the NCIP 5 regional clinic, fifty-one (51), patients were referred to hospitals and other medical facilities and sixty-five (65), were given financial assistance. Region 6/7 implemented the financial/medical assistance which was of great help to every IPs of Region VI and VII. The financial assistance given to patients were spent for food, transportation, payment of hospital bills and other needs. This 2018, a total of 304 patients have received medical assistance from the NCIP Region VI and VII. Eighty-seven (87) of these patients have received financial assistance while one hundred eighty-three (183) were provided with medical certificates and the remaining thirty-four (34) IP patients were given financial assistance taken from the MOOE since the amount allocated for medical financial assistance was already depleted. The increase of number of issuance of medical certificate this year only shows that a lot of IPs really needed assistance when it comes to health problems. Since 2015, the amount for financial assistance allotted yearly is still the same but the number of IP patients increased. Moreover, several health problems and diseases like pneumonia, PTB, on and off fever, cough, diarrhea, childbirth, hypertension, anemia, UTI, chronic cholecystitis, severe malnutrition, dogbite, injuries due to vehicular accidents and fall, neonatal sepsis, meningitis, schizophrenia, acute gastritis, diabetes, acute appendicitis, eye infection, typhoid fever, peptic ulcer, transient uterine atony, stroke, acute appendicitis, vehicular and motorcycle accidents, gunshot wound, insect bite and puncture wound have been recorded this 2018. Midwife of Capiz Community Service Center in giving medical financial assistance to IP patients last October 5, 2018 at the Regional Office, Jaro, Iloilo City. Nurse of Negros Occidental Community Service Center, giving financial assistance to an IP of Negros Occidental last October 26, 2018 at So. Sibato, Brgy. Guimbalaon, Negros Occidental. Still C. Española, Nurse of Capiz CSC providing medical financial assistance to an IP patient. Nurse of Bohol Community Service Center, provided financial assistance to an Ati patient for 2-D Echo procedure (Post Operation – Heart Surgery) at Bohol CSC office.

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