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FMJ to create more med sch in SUCs,new college of med to ESSU, Borongan City
By Nidz Godino
“We must democratize and widen student access to state-subsidized medical schooling so that Philippines can produce more Doctor of Medicine graduates in the years ahead,” House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan represents 4Ps party-list, said in statement citing scarcity of doctors, leader of opposition bloc at House of Representatives called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.to certify as urgent bills creating more medicine schools in state universities and colleges (SUCs) across the country. New college of medicine would be created at Eastern Samar State University in Borongan City.
Libanan noted there are nine bills seek to create additional schools of medicine in SUCs since Filipinos, especially those in far-flung provinces, badly need doctors to strengthen public health care system.
Lawyer by profession, Libanan took medical technology course as his pre-law degree.
“Right now, we are not producing enough new doctors due to prohibitive cost of medical schooling in private higher education institutions…this is why we need more colleges of medicine in our SUCs, especially in provinces,if we want to assure Filipinos access to quality health care, we need constant supply of new doctors to replace those retiring or migrating overseas,” he said.
Opposition lawmaker authored one of the nine House bills seek to establish new schools of medicine in SUCs.
As he proposed in House Bill 9872, new college of medicine would be created at Eastern Samar State University in Borongan City.
Libanan hails from Eastern Samar and had represented province’s lone district in Congress for nine years.
In addition to his bill, eight other measures seek to establish new colleges of medicine at Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Quezon City; University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines in Cagayan de Oro City; Samar State University in Catbalogan City, Samar; Aklan State University in Ibajay, Aklan; Mindanao State University in General Santos City; North Eastern Mindanao State University in Tandag, Surigao del Sur; Bukidnon State University in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, and Sultan Kudarat State University in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat.
Country’s doctor-to-population ratio is only around 3.6 doctors for every 10,000 people, according to Department of Health.
World Health Organization has pegged ideal ratio at 10 doctors for every 10,000 people, or one doctor for every 1,000 people.
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