House Special Committee on Senior Citizens has permitted two measures looking for to offer all senior residents with free vaccination in opposition to varied sicknesses.
House Bills No. 2097 and 4458, authored by Senior Citizens Party-list Rep. Rodolfo Ordanes, and Paranaque 2nd District Rep. Gus Tambunting, search to offer the nation’s senior residents with free vaccination in opposition to illnesses together with influenza virus, tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis, pneumococcal illness, shingles, measles, and different vaccinations deemed mandatory by the Department of Health.
The payments will amend Section 4 of Republic Act (RA) No. 7432, as amended by the Expanded Senior Citizens Act (RA No. 9994) of 2010 as soon as enacted into legislation.
Ordanes and Tambunting cited knowledge that senior residents within the Philippines have the very best proportion of flu virus-related mortality, accounting for 67.1 % of all threat teams, whereas pneumonia stays because the second main reason for demise among the many aged.
Ordanes stated offering all senior residents free entry to vaccines will forestall hospitalization and demise among the many aged.
RA 9994 presently offers free vaccination in opposition to the influenza virus and pneumococcal illness for indigent senior citizen sufferers.
“It’s high time that our legislators review and broaden the law’s provisions. We urge our policymakers to back the amendment of the Expanded Senior Citizens Act to provide our senior citizens with the health benefits and protection they deserve,” Ordanes stated. —LBG, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
