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COA lauds Office of the President for P4.2B hospitals equipment upgrade

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John Eric Mendoza

COA commends Office of the President for P4.2 B subsidy to hospitals
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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has commended the Office of the President (OP) for utilizing its P4.2 billion socio-civic projects fund (SCPF) to procure hospital equipment.

In its annual audit report for 2025 published on COA’s website on Tuesday, the agency said OP made total fund transfers amounting to ₱4,217,259,693.10 in calendar years 2024 and 2025, distributing it to several hospitals nationwide.

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COA noted that this was in accordance with OP’s Memorandum Circular No. 26 dated July 25, 2023 mandating all concerned government agencies and local government units (LGUs) to support and cooperate in the implementation of the Philippine Health Facility Development Plan (PHFDP) 2020-2040.

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“We commend the OP for utilizing its SCPF to support and help realize the objectives envisioned under the PHFDP 2020-2040,” parts of an eight-page COA report stated.

COA noted that the fund transfers primarily covered the procurements of medical equipment such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines, surgical operating microscopes with robotic visualization systems, andn Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography (PET-CT) scanners.

A total of 33 hospitals and health care facilities received the fund transfers from OF, the report further said.

About half of the  ₱4.2 billion was allotted to Department of Health (DOH)-retained hospitals at ₱2,609,350,000.00, followed by LGU-operated hospitals (₱520,000,000.00); national centers for specialized health care (₱469,500,000.00), tertiary state-owned hospital operated by University of the Philippines (₱387,500,000.00), and military/uniformed service or national government health care facilities (₱387,500,000.00).

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“With the above fund transfers sourced from SCPF, OP has shown its commitment towards public health by providing targeted support aligned with the PHFDP,” COA said.

The PHFDP is a 20-year macro-infrastructure blueprint created by the DOH to support the Universal Health Care Act of 2019.  /gsg

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