My aunt was rushed to the hospital just recently because she had a mild stroke. Since it was an emergency, we rushed to the car to take her to the hospital and just grabbed whatever we can get. When we reached the hospital, we rushed her to the Emergency Room. The resident doctor checked on her and was advised that she be admitted so they can further check her condition.
My dad and I went to the admitting office, and since my aunt doesn’t have a health insurance, they are requiring us to give a deposit before they can admit my aunt. And since we were in a hurry when we left the house, we don’t have enough money for the deposit.
That’s the problem with private hospitals here in the Philippines. If you don’t have a health insurance, you always have to have cash on hand before you can get admitted in the hospital. Good thing that our house is just near the hospital so we were able to ask my brother to bring the money that my aunt needs.
We’re fortunate that we were able to produce the money for my aunt so she was admitted in the hospital and the doctors attended to her needs. But what about those poor individuals who can’t produce instant money if ever they need to be hospitalized. Does that mean they don’t deserve a decent kind of hospitalization?
Maybe what the government needs to do is instead of concentrating on projects like the National Broadband Project which will really never benefit majority of the Filipino citizens, is they can prioritize giving a decent health insurance to all tax paying Filipinos. At least it can give them the security and the peace of mind that somebody will cover for them if they get hospitalized.
My dad and I went to the admitting office, and since my aunt doesn’t have a health insurance, they are requiring us to give a deposit before they can admit my aunt. And since we were in a hurry when we left the house, we don’t have enough money for the deposit.
That’s the problem with private hospitals here in the Philippines. If you don’t have a health insurance, you always have to have cash on hand before you can get admitted in the hospital. Good thing that our house is just near the hospital so we were able to ask my brother to bring the money that my aunt needs.We’re fortunate that we were able to produce the money for my aunt so she was admitted in the hospital and the doctors attended to her needs. But what about those poor individuals who can’t produce instant money if ever they need to be hospitalized. Does that mean they don’t deserve a decent kind of hospitalization?
Maybe what the government needs to do is instead of concentrating on projects like the National Broadband Project which will really never benefit majority of the Filipino citizens, is they can prioritize giving a decent health insurance to all tax paying Filipinos. At least it can give them the security and the peace of mind that somebody will cover for them if they get hospitalized.
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