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The Crisis Intervention Section of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas continues to ink partnerships with pharmacies, hospitals, and other medical service providers for people in crisis.

DSWD 7 Crisis Intervention Section Head Clavel C. Saycon, Legal Officer Atty. Atty. Ron Stevend P. Maylon, and Regional Director Shalaine Marie S. Lucero, Cebu Doctor’s Group Corporate Hospital Administrator Edna Jocelyn S. Caballero and other hospital administrators show their signed agreements.

In the recent signing of agreements, DSWD 7 has renewed its commitment to broaden its network of partners who can offer medical assistance to individuals and families in medical crisis.

The agency partnered with Medicart Pharmacy, Dannes Pharmacy, Majesty Pharmacy, and Garrod Incorporated, which offer medicines and other medical supplies, and Orthopro Philippines Corp., which provides prosthesis services.

Adding to the roster is the Cebu Doctors Group of Hospitals, which clients of the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) program can avail of various medical goods and services offered by Cebu Doctors University Hospital, South General Hospital, Mactan Doctors Hospital, and North General Hospital.

The clients will receive aid through the medical assistance of AICS, which carries aid for hospitalization, medicines, assistive devices, and requests for laboratory procedures.

Regional Director Shalaine Marie S. Lucero, who led the signing of agreements with these partners, said that the Department is working collaboratively with partners from the private sector to ensure that DSWD’s assistance will be accessible to more Filipinos.

“Following the directives of President Marcos through DSWD, we in Region 7 ensure that our services are accessible to more people, and that is through partnering with different institutions and private entities,” she said.

Through the partnership, DSWD 7 will provide AICS clients with guarantee letters for the accredited partners that offer the goods and services they need. The guarantee letter contains the amount of assistance based on assessment. Under this setup, DSWD directly pays the hospital.

DSWD through the Crisis Intervention Section (CIS) where the AICS program is lodged, has recently agreed partnerships with 5 pharmacies, 7 hospitals, and 2 other medical service providers in mutual obligations and responsibilities, regionwide.

DSWD 7 Regional Director Shalaine Marie S. Lucero leads the signing of agreements with several partners during one of the agency’s Monday Program.

“We are truly blessed to have these partners commit themselves to partner with us in improving our service delivery to the people. This is a testament that DSWD cannot work alone without the help of other stakeholders,” Lucero added.

Along with medical assistance, AICS also provides burial, transportation, education, food, and financial assistance for other needs of an individual or family in crisis.

Medical assistance is still one of the most sought-after assistance of AICS with 74,682 clients who availed of it in the first semester of 2024 with over Php 620.9 million worth of assistance already released. ###

 

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