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PBBM vows to strengthen healthcare at the grassroots, one doctor per LGU

18 August 2025

Reaffirming his administration’s commitment to making healthcare more accessible, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. stressed that reforms must begin at the grassroots level to ensure that Filipinos do not have to suffer in silence or delay treatment due to cost and distance.

Speaking at the Ormoc City Plaza during the turnover of Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) patient transport vehicles for Eastern Visayas, President Marcos highlighted that every citizen deserves access to timely and affordable healthcare.

The President acknowledged the difficulties many Filipinos encounter in accessing health services.

“Kasi, takot pumunta dahil magbabayad ng gamot, walang pambayad ng gamot, very inconvenient na pumunta sa ospital. So, by the time they go to the hospital, kung minsan too late na,” President Marcos said.

President Marcos said that many health issues affecting Filipinos can be managed effectively at the local level if barangay facilities are fully equipped.

President Marcos highlighted a historic milestone under his administration, saying, “For the first time in the Philippines, every single municipality and every single city has a doctor now.”

The program, the President said, reflects the government’s determination to ensure that no locality is left without a frontline medical officer.

The President assured the public that the government will continue to expand grassroots health initiatives, which include enhancing barangay health facilities, establishing specialty centers in various regions, and maintaining the one-doctor-per-local government unit policy. | PND