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| Mr. Aspuria receives his medical assistance from OWWA-CAR worth Php50,000 |
Cordillera - The Overseas Worker's Welfare Administration - Cordillera (OWWA-CAR) has awarded cash benefits to an OFW from Saudi Arabia who went home due to illness.
Mr. Fernando Aspuria received the amount of P50,000 pesos from the OWWA-CAR office on August 2 as medical assistance under the newly implemented OWWA benefits called MEDPlus.
Mr Aspuria was an OFW for almost 17 years in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as a Trailer Truck Driver and went home on February this year due to stage 5 chronic kidney disease.
He learned about this new program of OWWA for OFWs suffering from illness through social media and went to OWWA-CAR office in Baguio city and was given cash assistance right that day.
According to OWWA-CAR, Mr Aspuria was the first beneficiary of the said medical assistance in the region.
Aside from the MEDPlus he recieved, he was also advised to apply for Balik Pinas Balik Hanap Buhay Program (BHBHBP) which he is expected to received P20,000 for livelihood assistance.
The MedPlus Program for OFWs was designed to provide supplemental medical assistance for active OWWA and Philhealth members with dreaded diseases and were hospitalized either at the jobsite of while in the Philippines.
OFWs who were hospitalized overseas or here in the country on February 1,2017 onward are covered under this program.
OWWA-CAR started accepting applicants for MEDPlus on June 15, 2017.
source: OWWA Baguio FB page
2 Comments:
Saan po pwede mag avail sa medplus ?
Ang pamangkin ofw naoperahan sa kidney..saan po puede lumapit nasa ospital pa po sya ngayon..umuwi lng at nag paopera...pls help.
Saan po pwede mag avail sa medplus ?
Ang pamangkin ofw naoperahan sa kidney..saan po puede lumapit nasa ospital pa po sya ngayon..umuwi lng at nag paopera...pls help.
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