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Bohol Sunday PostFacing the challenge to at least break even with operational expenses amid the mandate to deliver quality yet affordable health services to the people, the ten devolved government hospitals in Bohol have to catch up with economic strategies to sustain. And, the monitoring count-down starts at the opening of 2008.
Anchored on the issue of low occupancy rate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Provincial Board Member raised the pressure on primary hospitals to justify with performance, the millions of pesos that the province spends every year for their maintenance and personnel services.
Lest a devolved government primary hospital (those with ten-bed capacity) fails to become an asset in this aspect, the provincial government will be forced to shut it down and merge its workforce and functions with other hospitals, for it to be viable and economically self-sustaining.
The PB Committee on Appropriations found that primary hospitals impose low occupancy rate, while the secondary hospitals (those with capacity of 25 beds or more) showed good performance, so far, in the past months.
During the marathon budget hearings of the ten devolved hospitals, the Provincial Health Office and the Provincial Engineer's Office (PEO) on December 27, PB Member Aster Piollo came up with the suggestion to shut down non-performing hospitals and merge their personnel and other functions with other hospitals, citing economic reasons.
Vice-Governor Julius Caesar Herrera, who presided the budget hearings being the SP Committee on Appropriations chair, pointed out that hospitals should live within their means considering the limited resources the province can provide.
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