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Legislator calls 0n CHED to explain

'ntii*disbursement' med scholarship
'ffm gadg$s{"npro Autonomous Region in
Musiim ffiffia&ao needs more governme'nt
a legislator from the area said
;ht;i;i*t,
on Monday. i, ',
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D.p"S, Speafer anil Basilan Rep' Mujiv
Haaman-said the nunrber of govemment
otnti.ri*t in the region is inadequate for
in5ifh.i*ot delivery of health services to
trri'iesidents.
' eltf;"ilty and the Deparfnent -o!$t"lth'
urfrtt. oiii*tipatitietn cities and provinces
tHl'rt l.8,ii gliRl!ftI are some ofthe poor-
&id" in brr-cotrntrytoday. fuidbecause of
tftifi*t also have sonp of fte lowest doctor-
ti#fudentratios," Hahmm said'
At the same time, Hatarnan urged the
Cbmmission on Higfuer Education to ex-
olaih whv, in 2018, not a single centavo
was Aidrursed from the P2sO-million Stu-
aoit fio*aial Assistance Program and
"I call on CHED to be Proactive in
seeking medical scholars who will stay
iotftt 6'tttiot oncc they become doctors"'
said.
Hataman
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iOf f, the the,n ARMM average of
aoctor-to-patientratio is I:45,224, with
Ure
Basil* havfuig a 1:58,664 rate, aclording
to ficurcs from ttre Mindanao Development
Recent iata sho*s that the ARMM aver-
*t it now at l:45,197, with Bqqilan hav-
iig ut least seven doctors serving a popula-
tiolr of 346,579, The national average is at
1:33,@0.
"- "ldd these low figttrcs to the frct that six
out of 10 Filipinos die witlrout sming a doc-
tor and *" ca* surmise tlre sorry state of orn
health caxe systernnotonly inARMlvt-but
in
ofto p*t aitat in the county as well' This

Subsidy for T\rition Fees of Medical Sttt-

has d change antl it has to change nowi?
I{atanran said" Maricel V. Cruz
dents'$state univenities and colleges'

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