LACK OF FREE HEALTHCARE PROGRAM

Site selection of health facilities is critical in ensuring universal access to basic healthcare services. However, in many low and middle-income countries (LMICs) like the Philippines, site selection is traditionally based on political and pragmatic considerations.


Thus, causing the undeveloped and developing areas of the Philippines to struggle even more with receiving the proper health care they deserve. There is also a lack of health care workers in the Philippines even though there are a lot of medical related studies’ students in the country. This stems from the fact that medical staff in the Philippines are not given the pay they deserve. Many staff are working long hours but are underpaid. This resulted to most medical staff opting to work abroad where the profession they work in are more lucrative compared to our very own country which pays low.



A solution that can be suggested into improving the current state of our country's medical affairs would be giving better treatment to our medical staff. An increase in salary would convince more medical practitioners to stay within the country, thus, having an even better quantity of practitioners. It would also result to retaining and gaining an quality service as skilled practitioners stay within the country. Having an even better work force would give our country the opportunity to provide a better and free healthcare to remote areas that are not easy to access. Being able to provide free healthcare will improve our country's current stature in medicine and would open opportunities for more healthcare programs to follow. 


Another solution that can be suggested would be transparency in how the government actually uses funds. It is commonly known that our country has corrupt leaders. Having corrupt leaders can mean an improper use of funds. There can be some funds that were actually supposed to be for free medical programs but instead of implementing it, it went to those corrupt leaders' pockets.


 

A solution to be added would be starting free healthcare programs in lower scales. Such programs will eventually grow into something even bigger as time pass by, as they gain more sponsors and volunteers for the program.





I will now ask you, a reader. Do you think our government is doing well in providing free and accessible healthcare programs for our needy citizens? Will you rise up and advocate about this so that our voices can be heard even more and be able to make a difference for our country?




We, the prime health, wishes to be able to work with NGO's and the government to be able to provide better and free health care to lower in come families. The vlog posted in a link at the bottom part of this blog post shows how free health care has been in barangay Urgello. In this vid you will see the production team along with locals of Urgello and will show a glimpse of their life.





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