GENERAL SANTOS CITY (5 September 2014) – A pharmacy for the indigenous and marginalized sector in the city was opened by City Mayor Ronnel Rivera Monday (September 01) in partnership with the Mahintana Foundation.
Located at the General Santos City Hospital, the Health Plus Pharmacy is a facility that will give cheap but efficient medicines to the poor of the city.
For the indigents who are patients of the public hospital, the Health Plus Pharmacy will give free medicines as long as they are PhilHealth members.
On the other hand, non-indigent patients will be charged with the medicines, but with significantly lower cost as compared to commercialized pharmacies.
Also, seventy percent (70%) of the profit of the Health Plus Pharmacy will go to the local government unit of General Santos City, and the remaining thirty percent (30%) will be to Mahintana Foundation.
Mayor Rivera assured that the medicines of the Health Plus Pharmacy are safe and effective, as they are being supplied by National Pharmaceutical Foundation, Inc.
Accordingly, this pharmacy will soon be constructed in all 26 barangays of General Santos City, as agreed upon on the memorandum of agreement signed last August 25 between Mahintana Foundation and the LGU-GSC, after the State of the City Address of Mayor Rivera.
“This initiative is for us to extend quality and cheap hospital services to the marginalized sector and indigenous constituents of the city. I want to improve more our public hospital and regain the trust of the people to it,” the mayor said. (Gensan CPIO/ Ian John M. Lagare)
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