{"id":3900,"date":"2026-02-05T12:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/?p=3900"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:11:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T04:11:15","slug":"specialty-hospital-sa-senior-citizens-malapit-nang-maisabatas-hontiveros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/2026\/02\/05\/specialty-hospital-sa-senior-citizens-malapit-nang-maisabatas-hontiveros\/","title":{"rendered":"SPECIALTY HOSPITAL SA SENIOR CITIZENS, MALAPIT NANG MAISABATAS \u2013 Hontiveros"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Ni Ernie Reyes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malapit nang maisabatas ang isang panukalang batas na naglalayong magtayo ng specialy hospital sa buong bansa na para lamang sa senior citizens upang mapahusay ang healthcare sa ating lola at lolo, ayon kay Senador Risa Hontiveros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sa pahayag, sinabi ni Hontiveros na umani ng botong 23 pabor at walang komontra sa Senate Bill No. 1509 o kikilalanin bilang Philippine Geriatric Center (PCC) nang basahin sa plenaryo sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RoadNews-official-photo-format-2026-02-05T121036.911.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RoadNews-official-photo-format-2026-02-05T121036.911.png 940w, https:\/\/roadnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RoadNews-official-photo-format-2026-02-05T121036.911-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/roadnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/RoadNews-official-photo-format-2026-02-05T121036.911-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMagiging mas madali ng matupad ang good health at long life na lagi nating wini-wish tuwing birthday ng ating mga lolo\u2019t lola dahil sa pagpasa ng Philippine Geriatric Center (PGC) Act,\u201d ayon kay Hontiveros, awtor at isponsor ng Senate Bill No. 1509.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aniya pa:, \u201cMaraming salamat sa aking mga kasama sa Senado at muli kaming nagkaisa para sa isa na namang \u2018happy bill\u2019 para sa ating mga kababayan, partikular na ang ating mga senior citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Umaasa si Hontiveros na maisasabatas nang tuluyan ang panukala dahil napagtibay ang katulad ng bersiyon sa Mababang Kapulungan noong Disyembre 2025 na kabilang at kinilala ng Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council bilang priority measure, at kasama sa executive agenda ng Department of Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAng dami nating utang na loob sa ating mga lolo\u2019t lola. Deserve naman nilang masuklian ng maaruga at magaling na pag-alaga, lalo na kung sila\u2019y manghina at magkasakit,\u201dani Hontiveros. \u201cSana maisabatas na ang Philippine Geriatric Center Act sa lalong madaling panahon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nakatakda sa panukala ang amendments ni Hontiveros na tiyakin na hindi magiging \u201cwhite elephant\u201d o walang kuwentang proyekto ang PGC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cMinamandato ng probisyon ko na dapat maipatayo, fully equipped, at operational sa loob ng five to seven years ang Philippine Geriatric Center. Inaasahan kong tutuparin ito ng gobyerno, sa pangunguna ng DOH, sa oras na maipasa ang batas na ito,\u201d ani Hontiveros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naglalaman din ang panukala ng isang amendments na dapat tiyakin na bibigyan ng prayoridad ng PGC ang indigent at mahihirap na matatanda at vulnerable aging populations, habang ang amendments naman ni Senator Pia Cayetano ay \u201cintegrate social welfare at protection programs with geriatric care and ensure age-friendly amenities and facilities within the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPati sa pangangalaga sa ating mga lolo\u2019t lola, dapat walang naiiwan sa ating lipunan. Sinisigurado ng mga amendments na ito na ang pagtutok natin sa kalusugan ng mga seniors ay alinsunod pa rin sa framework ng universal health care,\u201d giit ni Hontiveros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Itinakda din ng isa pang amendments mula kina Hontiveros at Senador Bong Go na nagsasabing dapat isang duly licensed physician ang magiging hepe ng PGC na may karanasan at kakayaha sa &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;geriatric care at hospital administration and management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMalaki ang pasasalamat ko kina Sen. Robin, Sen. Pia at Sen. Bong para sa kanilang pagtulong na pinuhin pa ang panukalang batas para sa Philippine Geriatric Center. Maraming salamat rin sa mga kapwa kong authors ng bill, kasama si Sen. Bong, pati na rin sina Majority Leader Migz Zubiri, Sen. Mark Villar, Sen. Lito Lapid, Sen. Jinggoy Estrada, Sen. Loren Legarda, Sen. Erwin Tulfo, Sen. Raffy Tulfo at Sen. Joel Villanueva,\u201d diin ni Hontiveros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMaasahan ninyo na sa patuloy kong pagtatrabaho sa Senado kasama ang aking mga colleagues, marami pa po akong maipapasang batas para sa kalusugan ng bawat Pilipino.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ni Ernie Reyes Malapit nang maisabatas ang isang panukalang batas na naglalayong magtayo ng specialy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bansa"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","covernews-featured":"","covernews-medium":""},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/author\/ldjtkwtu\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/category\/bansa\/\" rel=\"category tag\">BANSA<\/a>","tag_info":"BANSA","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3902,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3900\/revisions\/3902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadnews.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}