CITY
OF SAN FERNANDO - The Provincial Social Welfare Development Office
recently facilitated the enrollment of some 600 inmates in
the provincial jail to be covered by the Phillipine Health (PhilHealth)
Insurance program.
Elizabeth
Baybayan, PSWD officer-in-charge said that the initiative is part of
the continuing effort of Governor Lilia Pineda to bring health programs
closer to every Kapampangan including those in conflict with laws.
This program shall not affect the regular medical
and dental mission being conducted by the medical team of Pineda in
coordination with employees with the Provincial Health Office.
Under
this program, the provincial government has assumed the obligation to
pay for the PhilHealth premiums of the beneficiaries so that despite
their restriction imposed upon their liberty limiting their
opportunity to engage in economic activity they could still help their
respective families pay for the hospital bills as the need arises.
Aside
from this, Governor Pineda is also committed in providing livelihood
programs to inmates to make them productive and responsible citizens
while serving sentence or waiting court's verdict.
The same will be carried out in cooperation with Provincial Cooperative and Entrepreneurial Development Office (PCEDO).
Inmates
shall undergo trainings on different
livelihoods to provide alternative sources of income which they can use
inside the provincial jail and outside in case they get release order.
Pineda likewise vowed to give education financial assistance program
of the province and is willing to grant scholarship to their children.
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