Addressing OFW's health care needs
Addressing OFW's health care needs is an utmost goal -- Jinggoy
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said that all those who lend their expertise to the Senate Committee on Labor's public hearing in line with the proposal to set up OFW Hospital were united in saying that there is a dire demand to promptly address the health care needs of Overseas Filipino Workers and their families.
This developed as Estrada said that the Senate Committee on Labor welcomed new propositions from various stakeholders to effectively attend to health care needs of overseas Filipino workers and their families even as others had expressed reservations on the plan to put up a new
“What’s important now is that creative measures are being put forward and carefully studied all in the name of helping the OFWs address their health care needs in the best way possible,” Estrada said.
Estrada, concurrent chair of Senate Committee on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development and Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Labor and Employment, also said that he was delighted over enthusiasm demonstrated by the resource persons, implying the significance of the OFW's health care problem and their earnest desire in taking part in its resolution.
A paper presented by Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) under Administrator Marianito Roque noted various studies pointing out that “the pattern of illness, injury and death among OFWs and their dependents is somewhat different from the general population,” thus the need to put up an OFW Hospital.
Leading causes of death and morbidity among OFWs include cardiovascular diseases, pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, infectious diseases, hepatisis and psychiatric disorders, among others.
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