Medical Assistance
the assistance to help shoulder hospitalization expenses, cost of medicines, other medical treatment or procedures such as implants, laboratory procedures, for individuals suffering from illness, accident, or other medical emergencies requiring immediate financial aid for treatment.
Criteria of Eligibility:
Must be a resident in the municipality
Must demonstrate an urgent medical need requiring financial assistance.
Patients unable to afford hospitalization expenses, medicines, or medical procedures due to financial hardship
Patients with no health insurance or insufficient coverage for the required medical expenses.
Qualifying Medical Situations
Applicants may be eligible for medical assistance if they are experiencing any of the following:
a. Emergency Medical Conditions
Life-threatening conditions requiring immediate hospitalization (e.g., heart attack, stroke, severe infections, organ failure).
Accident-related injuries requiring emergency medical intervention (e.g., fractures, burns, head trauma).
Surgical procedures that must be performed urgently to prevent deterioration of health.
b. Critical Illness and Chronic Disease Support
Individuals diagnosed with critical or life-threatening illnesses (e.g., cancer, kidney failure, chronic heart disease) requiring expensive medical treatments such as chemotherapy, dialysis, or surgery.
Patients requiring long-term medication or lifesaving implants (e.g., pacemakers, prosthetics).
Individuals in need of costly laboratory tests, imaging procedures, or specialized treatments for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
c. Financially Distressed Patients
Patients unable to afford hospitalization expenses, medicines, or medical procedures due to financial hardship.
Individuals from low-income families who require medical assistance to continue essential treatment.
Patients with no health insurance or insufficient coverage for the required medical expenses.
Requirements
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Updated Original Certificate of Indigency from Barangay with proof
of low income
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Original or Certified True Copy of Latest Medical Certificate or
Clinical Abstract
- Hospital Billing Statement for Hospitalization or procedure
- Pharmacy Quotation for required medications
- Laboratory/ Diagnostic request for test and imaging
- Original Official Receipts
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Original or Certified True Copy of Certification of outstanding
debts or Payable Obligations
- ID of authorized representative and Authorization Letter
- ID of patient
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Proof of Relationship (Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate)
