PRC most likely to suspend COVID-19 testing due to PhilHealth’s debt

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) will “most likely” suspend its COVID-19 testing due to the failure of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) to pay its remaining

Senator Richard Gordon, PRC chairman and CEO, said the organization will discontinue conducting COVID-19 tests to those whose payments will be charged to PhilHealth until the state health insurance firm settles its balances of around P700.5 million.

“Hindi naman pupuwedeng ganoon dahil kailangan din namin ng pambili ng materials para sa testing at pambayad sa mga tao. Kung hindi sila makapagbabayad hanggang Monday, ititigil muna namin ang testing,” he added. The PRC will also not be able to open its newly-built laboratories in Bacolod, Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro City, he noted.

According to Gordon, he already reached out to concerned government officials and has been continuously calling the PhilHealth’s attention to immediately act on the matter.

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