Six municipalities and two hospitals in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have each received an ambulance last week from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) under its Ambulance Donation Program.
Lawyer Laisa Alamia, ARMM Executive Secretary, said the ambulance will allow recipient-municipalities and hospitals to better respond to health and other humanitarian emergencies.
The six muncipalities are Matanog, Barira, Paglat, Sultan Mastura, and Datu Hoffer Ampatuan in Maguindanao, Bacolod-Kalawi in Lanao del Sur while the two hospitals are Basilan General Hospital in Isabela City and Sulu Sanitarium in Jolo, Sulu.
Alamia lauded the said local government units (LGUs) and hospitals for qualifying as recipients and for showing their need and capacity to utilize and maintain the ambulance.
PCSO General Manager Alexander Balutan said that as of Nov. 2016, the PCSO had already donated a total of 1,503 ambulance units to various beneficiaries such as LGUs, hospitals, health institutions, state universities and other government agencies.
He said the PCSO had allotted about P37.4-billion funds for its ambulance donation program in 2015 and the allocation was increased to approximately P40-billion in the first quarter of 2016.
Balutan said the amount of each ambulance unit is approximately P800,000.00 and the funds for its acquisition come from the PCSO’s responsible gaming services that include the expanded Small Town Lottery (STL), Lotto, Keno, and Sweepstakes.
The PCSO’s small town lottery, he said, is the only legal and authorized numbers game nationwide and it aims to support charitable deeds for the benefits of the people nationwide.
Balutan said the PCSO is eager to do more for the less-fortunate in the region with the help of the ARMM government. (BPI/PIA-10)
Lawyer Laisa Alamia, ARMM Executive Secretary, said the ambulance will allow recipient-municipalities and hospitals to better respond to health and other humanitarian emergencies.
The six muncipalities are Matanog, Barira, Paglat, Sultan Mastura, and Datu Hoffer Ampatuan in Maguindanao, Bacolod-Kalawi in Lanao del Sur while the two hospitals are Basilan General Hospital in Isabela City and Sulu Sanitarium in Jolo, Sulu.
Alamia lauded the said local government units (LGUs) and hospitals for qualifying as recipients and for showing their need and capacity to utilize and maintain the ambulance.
PCSO General Manager Alexander Balutan said that as of Nov. 2016, the PCSO had already donated a total of 1,503 ambulance units to various beneficiaries such as LGUs, hospitals, health institutions, state universities and other government agencies.
He said the PCSO had allotted about P37.4-billion funds for its ambulance donation program in 2015 and the allocation was increased to approximately P40-billion in the first quarter of 2016.
Balutan said the amount of each ambulance unit is approximately P800,000.00 and the funds for its acquisition come from the PCSO’s responsible gaming services that include the expanded Small Town Lottery (STL), Lotto, Keno, and Sweepstakes.
The PCSO’s small town lottery, he said, is the only legal and authorized numbers game nationwide and it aims to support charitable deeds for the benefits of the people nationwide.
Balutan said the PCSO is eager to do more for the less-fortunate in the region with the help of the ARMM government. (BPI/PIA-10)
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