PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday led the groundbreaking of the Bagong Pilipinas Cancer Care Center of the OFW Hospital in Pampanga.
Noting that cancer is the second leading cause of death in the country, Marcos said the establishment of the center is the government's way of taking aggressive action.'Aggressive as this terrible disease is, we need to be as equally aggressive in providing treatment for our patients — to give them hope, to provide them with care, make them feel right at home, at the time when they need it the most,' he said. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
It will be the third such facility after the UP-PGH Cancer Center in Manila and the Philippine Cancer Center in Quezon City.Since the inauguration of the OFW Hospital in 2022, its daily outpatient capacity already exceeded 160 patients, with the reception and admitting sections repurposed as triage zones.The facility is expected to accommodate 64 patients and will provide various treatments, including chemotherapy, diagnostic and staging services, and surgical oncology.
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