We, the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center Employees , strongly oppose the passage of House Bill No. 6069 and Senate Bill 3130 introduced by Congressman Anthony Rolando T. Golez, Jr. and Senator Franklin Drilon, respectively.
House Bill No. 6069 pertains to, “AN ACT CONVERTING GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS INTO NATIONAL GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL CORPORATIONS PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, and AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”; while Senate Bill 3130 pertains to, “AN ACT INSTITUTING A CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING PROGRAM FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”
That the said Bills include among others the corporatization of the 26 retained DOH Hospitals and Medical Centers including the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center;
That the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center is the only tertiary hospital serving the constituents of two administrative regions of Region XII and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the City of Cotabato;
That, Region XII and ARMM are regions where majority of the people are marginalized, and displaced by the continuing armed conflict. The maternal and infant morbidity and mortality are its highest due to poverty and inadequate health care delivery. Cotabato Regional and Medical Center is the only tertiary hospital that serves the poor;
That, corporatization or privatization of Cotabato Regional and Medical Center, would mean that the government discharge its responsibility of providing health to all and deprive the people of its constitutional right to health care;
That, depriving the people of Region XII and ARMM of tertiary health services because of high cost is a neglect of the government and would worsen the poor condition of the people;
That, corporatization of the hospital is a step towards privatization or even a form of privatization. Privatization would mean that the ownership in control public functions is transferred in a whole or in part to a private operator. The primary objective is profit for the owner, among other things and this necessitates an avoidance of customers who cannot pay to maximize between revenues and costs;
That, engaging in so called Public Private Partnership as the main engine for growth and development denies the poor of their rights to health and financial freedom. It further deprives the employees of the government of their security of tenure and a threat to their employment;
That, House Bill 6069 and Senate Bill 3130 slowly put patients to coma and killing through overt euthanasia the dedicated and committed hospital employees;
Therefore, we strongly oppose the passage of these bills and ask the government to fulfill its promise and obligation to provide health for all.
Source: http://testigo-ph.org/vernacular/opposition-house-bill-6069-and-senate-bill-no-3130
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Ano nga ba ang House Bill 6069 at Senate Bill 3130? Ayon sa aking nabasa, ang mga ito ay sumasaklaw sa pagsasapribado ng mga government hospitals. Sa artikulong nasa itaas, ang mga nagttrabaho sa Cotabato Regional and Medical Center ay tumututol sa nasabing batas.
Ayon sakanila, ang pagsasapribado ng kanilang hospital ay mali. Sapagkat ang pagsasapribado nito ay nangangahulugang ang gobyerno ay binabawi ang kanilang responsibilidad sa pagbibigay ng health care. Nangunguhulugan din ito na binabawi ng gobyerno ang mga "constitutional rights to health care" ng mga tao.
Ako ay sumasang ayon sakanila, dahil sa aking pagkakabasa ay ang kanilang ospital ay nagseserbisyo sa maraming mahihirap na tao. Sumasang ayon ako dahil alam ko na sobrang mahal ang pagpapaospital ngayong panahon. Ang pagpapacheck up lang ay umaabot sa 200 o mahigit. Kung ang ospital na publiko ay isinapribado, tataas ang bayarin. Maraming mahihirap ang hindi na makakapagpagamot.
Sa aking palagay ay dapat di gawing pribado ang mga publikong ospital. Naniniwala ako na may karapatan ang mga tao na makapagpagamot ng libre.
Maraming pondo ang gobyerno, pero bakit parang walang napupunta sa mga ospital, at napipilitan silang isapribado ang mga ito? Dapat ay pagtuunan ng gobyerno ang problemang ito. Dapat ay hindi nila isinasapribado ang mga publikong ospital at iba pa, dahil di na makakaya ng mga mahihirap. Kung kami rin ay nahihirapan sa mahal na bayad sa ospital, pano pa kaya ang mga mahihirap? Hindi ba nila alam na sa pagsasapribado ng mga ospital na ganito ay nagiging lalong mahirap ang mga mahihirap.
Sa ngayon, ako din ay tutol sa House Bill 6069 at Senate Bill 3130.
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