The Philippine General Hospital is “bracing for the worst” in the next two to three years as more cancer patients earlier sidelined by pandemic restrictions finally seek treatment. | kdevillaINQ /PDI
Ignacio said he was confident that the current manpower of PGH could handle the expected influx.
What would speed up processes and ease the hospital’s burden, Ignacio added, was the provision of newer, but more costly, cancer medicines, such as targeted therapy and immunotherapy. These treatments would take as fast as five minutes only.At present, 15 percent of the patients at PGH need to receive the targeted therapy, which can be taken through tablets, subcutaneous injection or intravenous processes.However, getting such treatments costs P100,000 to P200,000 a month.
“We know that we can order once it is approved … but the question is, is there a budget for the purchase of these medicines? Of course, the budget will have to come from the GAA [General Appropriations Act], and it would take some time before it will be granted,” he lamented.
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