The Department of Labor and Employment has announced that the hospital dedicated for overseas Filipino workers or OFWs will start operating on Monday, May 2.
In a statement, DOLE said that the hospital built in San Fernando, Pampanga, will provide medical care and health services to OFWs and their dependents.
Malasakit Center and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Deskwillnwill also be established in the hospital to provide easier access to OFWs.
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President Rodrigo Duterte will be leading the opening ceremony of the hospital.
“All OFWs, kung mayroon silang sakit kasama ang kanilang legal dependents, will be treated in this hospital for free,” Bello said at the Laging Handa briefing.
Duterte’s executive order 154 created the Inter-Agency Committee on the OFW Hospital.
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It will be chaired by the DOLE Secretary and co-chaired by the Secretary of Health. Its members included the Department of Budget and Management Secretary, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration chiefs.
There will be two representatives of land-based and sea-based-OFWs.
The funding for the OFW hospital will be charged from the budget of the Labor Department.
