The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), through its Medical Access Program (MAP), has allocated more than P49 million to provide medical assistance to a total of 6,308 indigent patients from June 14 to 18, 2021.
The highest percentage of the P49,399,920.59 allocation went to the Northern and Central Luzon Region which got P13,418,762.00 for 1,610 patients. Next to it was Southern Tagalog and Bicol Region with P10,608,768.20 benefitting 1,536 patients.
Meanwhile, the Visayas Region received P9,229,373.23 for 1,228 patients.
PCSO gave P8,449,417.76 to the National Capital Region (NCR) for 913 patients, while the Mindanao Region got P7,693,599.40 for 1,021 patients.
Based on the data of the agency, the over P49 million allotment went to the following— confinement of 2,795 patients (P29,191,325.11); hemodialysis of 2,888 patients (P14,681,332.92); chemotherapy of 587 patients (P5,066,453.08); post-kidney transplant medicines of 40 patients (P392,609.48); and hemophilia treatment for seven patients (P68,200.00).
PCSO General Manager Royina Marzan-Garma has urged the public to keep on supporting PCSO games that fund many charities.
“These games of the PCSO help many charities. I call them ‘games with a heart’ because the money you use to buy our tickets go to our kababayans in dire need of medical help especially those seeking aid from our Medical Access Program,” she said.
“So, please keep on patronizing our products. In your heart, you know that you have helped our indigent kababayans with a chance of becoming a millionaire,” she ended.
