MANDALUYONG CITY — The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on Thursday, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for supplemental funding to support the OVP’s Medical Assistance Program (MAP) amounting P10 Million.

The grant was provided by the PCSO through its “Operational Guidelines on the Supplemental Funding Assistance for the Medical Assistance Program of the OVP” through Board Resolution M-0087 dated December 14, 2022.

The MOA was signed by OVP Chief of Staff and Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez and PCSO General Manager Melquiades Robles, which was witnessed by Vice President Sara Duterte and PCSO members and officials at the OVP Central Office here.

The grant will be used by the OVP for the sole purpose of providing assistance for healthcare services to clients under the MAP covering hospital bills, dialysis treatment, medicines, laboratory and diagnostic procedures, implants and other medical and assistive devices, chemotherapy, brachytherapy, radiation, physical, speech, and occupational therapy.

From July last year to July 26 this year, the Medical and Burial Assistance program has already served 82,353 beneficiaries and processed the amount of Php 764,802,065.60.

The aid can be accessed through the OVP Central Office, OVP Extension Offices in Lipa, Batangas and Tondo, Manila, and 10 OVP satellite offices in the cities of Davao, Zamboanga, Cotabato, Surigao, Cebu, Bacolod, Tacloban, Isabela, Dagupan and Legazpi.

The OVP has a total of 756 partners composed of public and private hospitals, and dialysis centers nationwide.

The Medical and Burial Assistance Program, which is the OVP’s banner social services, has continuously been providing aid to indigent Filipinos across the country.

Free public assistance application forms are available at the central and satellite offices, and should solely be used by the clients requesting for such services.

OVP MEDIA