By the Bohol Chronicle
Due to
unpaid medical expenses under Tagbilaran's Blue Card free hospitalization program amounting P1.9 million, the Gov. Celestino Gallares Regional Hospital is suspending admittances charged against the city government.
The administrative office of the government hospital confirmed in a check made by the Chronicle that the outstanding obligations of the city remain unpaid prompting its management to stop allowing patients to charge hospital billings against the Blue Card.
Since the hospital fees ballooned to over P2.146 million in June 2008, the city government only paid once despite several demands for payment.
Some city lawmakers were shocked to learn of the unpaid debt since the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved a P4 million allocation for the Blue Card last year.
"Where did all that money go if the claims incurred by Blue Card patients is much less than the appropriated amount?" asked Kag. Zenaido Rama.
Until the city government pays its debt, the hospital will refuse admittances under the hospitalization program of the city.
The Blue Card was conceived to provide free hospital care for "the poorest among the poor" in Tagbilaran. The City Social Welfare and Development Office is tasked to identify its beneficiaries in coordination with the City Health Office as the program's implementer.
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