Senior residents and other people with sicknesses have been a part of the massive crowds that endured hours of ready exterior a number of places of work of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in hopes to hunt help from the federal government.
According to Jun Veneracion’s report on “24 Oras” on Thursday, lengthy queues of individuals shaped exterior the DSWD places of work in Manila and Quezon City because the company completes its backlogs in assist distribution.
Some of these in line got here from close by provinces whereas others have been staying within the space since midnight.
“Nahihirapan ako huminga puno ang tyan ko ng tubig… Kailangan po kasi walang makuhanan na pang dialysis,” Redilynne Lacanlale, a dialysis affected person, stated.
(I’m having respiration difficulties due to my abdomen. I want the money help for my dialysis.)
A 76-year-old named Gliceria Cortez ready on the road exterior stated that she wanted help to pay for her upkeep medicines and lab checks, however she didn’t make the cut-off and has needed to maintain ready one other day.
“Siyempre, masakit sa dibdib,” she stated. “Malungkot, nagbabakasakali lang.”
The DSWD defined that the lengthy traces at their payout and processing facilities stemmed from their backlogs in disbursing outright money help from early January as a result of lack of funding.
To resolve the problem, the company stated it’s eyeing to broaden its day by day slots and open extra satellite tv for pc facilities close to its places of work.
“Sa Metro Manila, magbubukas tayo…siguro give me 45 to 60 days na [magdagdag ng] mga satellite offices pa. So ibig sabihin, kung ikaw taga-certain area ka, doon ka sa designated mo na payout area para hindi lahat nako-concentrate sa Central Office,” stated DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian.
(We are planning so as to add extra satellite tv for pc places of work in Metro Manila in 45 to 60 days. This means in case you are from a sure space, a chosen payout space will likely be opened there.)
Gatchalian additionally known as on senior residents and sick people to chorus from falling in line, saying their approved representatives could obtain their monetary assist so long as they’ve full necessities. — Sundy Locus/BM, GMA Integrated News
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