SECTOR: Social Services
SONA YEAR: 2022
Establish specialty hospitals
PROMISE STATUS - DATE: In progress as of 07/17/2023
- Marcos is yet to sign a law mandating the DOH to put up at least one specialty center in each of the country’s 17 regions within five years. On May 31, the Senate and the House approved a consolidated version of bills creating specialty hospitals, but this has yet to be transmitted to Malacanang for the president’s signature.
- On June 1, the DOH said it plans to establish 231 specialty centers based on each region’s top burden of disease and special needs. The specialty centers will be put up as a unit or department in DOH-managed hospitals.
- On July 17, construction of a multi-specialty hospital (Philippine Heart Center annex) in Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga will begin. Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said the hospital will initially serve as a general hospital then build its capacity for specialized treatment of children, cardiac and kidney diseases.