“One day in 2005, a girl student from Manila Science High School dropped by
the office and donated her well-saved allowance worth P1,000.00
for medicine needs of PGH patients”.
“ Mr. Anonymous while passing by the Pediatric Ward saw the miserable state
of children patients and pledged P10,000.00 each year to be used for any
purpose by the ward.”
Every year, the Philippine General Hospital serves an average of 600,000 patients from all over the country. About 80%-90% of them are classified as indigents. They seek health services from the most simple to the most complicated chronic illnesses and acute life-threatening conditions that they could not avail of were it not for free.
However, as most government funded public institutions, PGH’s budget always falls short of its actual expenditure by about 30% yearly. The hospital has to rely on its own resourcefulness and occasional outside support to ensure that quality health care is given to all its patients.
The Philippines boasts of PGH as the largest tertiary hospital for the country’s poor citizens. The marginalized Filipinos need PGH to continue rendering comprehensive quality care from competent and skilled doctors, nurses and allied health professionals. But how can it be done, without sufficient medicines, supplies, equipment and good facilities?
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